The thing about working on roofs is that you get to know your birds. We’ve had a cocky little critter strutting about the garden for several weeks – in fact, there it is now – and when Mick [...]
People who know me will be surprised by this but here’s a confession: I can be prone to occasional outbursts of anger. Yep, mild-mannered old me. And I’ll tell you what triggers it: [...]
I was admiring the ornate ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral this week, when I remembered that Mick the roofer was coming round to fix some loose tiles. I don’t know about you but [...]
Every year at Christmas – and I admit, this isn’t very topical – we sing about two turtle doves, but would you know a turtle dove if you saw one? It’s basically a really pretty [...]
There’s a frog in South America, the tadpole of which is bigger than the finished frog. Yes, you read that right. Because of this Benjamin Buttonesque approach to adolescence, it goes by [...]
