We may be at a turning point with disciplining Loki. There was a moment on the weekend that opened up a new world of possibilities in...

Loki is becoming a danger to himself. He sees a road and his immediate thought is to run across it. And given his Romanian mum is full of...

A double header of birthday parties for Loki this weekend. Yesterday was a successful one with lots of dancing and strutting about. The...

Finn has left us after a fortnight to head back to Warwick University. It was nice to have him round the flat and Loki really enjoyed...

Iulia and I goto sleep in the main at different times. But there is a point of unification when we both go to the same bed. Recently it...

When I started work 30 years ago, it was expected that you would be bullied. As a Gen X graduate, you assumed right from the start that...

After Wednesday's exertions at work, and then evening with the two boys at home, I was wiped out so severely that the next day I was...

When you get a duff weigh-in, the temptation is to stand on the scales again the next day. Maybe a day's grace will take away the pain?...

There is very little time in the day at the moment. Lot of stuff going down. Having repercussions.... I've figured out that quality time...

Been a much better weekend than the few days beforehand, but I have strong doubts this will aid the weigh-in tomorrow. I'm counting on...

I think I dissected an eyeball at school as part of a biology lesson, but increasingly I’m beginning to doubt the reliability of my...

Romanians are a very welcoming people. They have a great sense of humour underneath all that fatalism and history of unrelenting...

I’m not great with compliments. Receiving them or giving them. To be honest, I don’t receive all that many, so this is a somewhat...

Fizzy drinks are supposed to be bad for diets. But I find you need some kind of sweetness to keep you going. Diet coke, in combination...

Finn got to meet one of Loki's Hampstead nursery mums on Monday on a playdate. He made quite an impression so theoretically I could be in...

I still can't quite believe that I've lost the amount of weight I have. It doesn't really feel like I've been dieting that hard (and some...

This week Radio 6 has been playing an homage to Kurt Cobain, the long blonde haired lead singer of the 90's grunge rock band Nirvana, who...

One of the benefits of free to air tv is that you don't have a lot of choice. Not if you stick to the mainstream channels (in the UK the...

There's a guy I saw on social media who I swear would be the greatest person to have on hand if you needed someone to open a really tight...

Fourth of April 1994. Thirty years ago to the day, I started work in the firm I'm in now. Big celebration tonight of course. I sat at the...