#44 A real sew and sew

#44 A real sew and sew

I think the last time I sat in front of a sewing machine was during school Home Economics classes – so we’re talking 36/37 years ago! I’ve always been a dab hand with a needle and thread for minor repairs to hems, seams and missing buttons, but anything more complex...
#43 All about that bass

#43 All about that bass

My interest in the bass guitar began when I was a hormonal teenager and had the world’s largest crush on John Taylor from Duran Duran. I’ve dated a few bass players over the years and always kind of thought of it as a sexy instrument, but I never once gave any though...
#42 Boo!

#42 Boo!

When my mate Simon set me a challenge to spend a night in a haunted house, I told him he’d have to come with me as there was no way I would do that alone! So, on a fairly mundane Saturday evening in September, we set off for the picturesque village of Finchingfield in...