Articles

2022

• 2022 in review

  We emerged from Covid into a strange new world. This was 2022.

  31 December 2022

• Walking around Brownhills

  A walk around the town where I grew up was surprisingly moving.

  16 May 2022

• Staunton’s Folly

  An unexpected piece of history in Hampshire’s beautiful Staunton Park.

  7 May 2022

• Assault on Kyiv

  26 February 2022

• Assault on Ukraine

  25 February 2022

2021

• 2021 in review

  My review of 2021: The year that blew, sucked and ruled (in equal parts).

  31 December 2021

• New Forest velo 2021

  My pal Paul and I spent three days cycling in the beautiful New Forest

  30 September 2021

2020

• 2020 in review

  31 December 2020

• Bikepacking in the New Forest

  Freezing nighttime temperatures and mad cows didn't put a dent in our enjoyment of the New Forest.

  15 September 2020

• A week in the New Forest

  29 July 2020

• Black ball

  Do we live in a vulnerable world? Just how could we ultimately destroy ourselves?

  1 July 2020

• Building a Bugatti

  17 June 2020

• Lockdown

  11 May 2020

• Pandemic

  9 April 2020

• Center Parcs, Woburn Forest

  25 January 2020

2019

• Exploring Sussex: Lewes

  10 February 2019

2018

• A love letter to a tiny island

  My love letter to the Isles of Scilly: A collection of memories, out of order and somewhat idealised. The way good memories should be.

  10 January 2018

2017

• Into Eternity

  9 May 2017

• Tuscany with a toddler

  18 April 2017

• SOHN live at the Electric in Brixton

  10 March 2017

2016

• First holiday with a toddler

  31 October 2016

• We need to talk about Europe

  1 July 2016

2015

• Firefly Learning Conference 2015

  12 November 2015

• The future of technology in the classroom

  22 October 2015

• Old hobbies die hard

  5 September 2015

• Jekyll archives without plugins

  28 August 2015

• What I talk about when I talk about beards

  _Twiddle, twiddle, scratch, scratch, scratch_. Such has been my life over the past month. That ends this evening; the beard is gone.

  21 March 2015

• Partial Solar Eclipse

  20 March 2015

• Lightpainting with Mary

  12 February 2015

• Project 365 2015

  12 January 2015

2014

• Firefly Conference 2014

  13 November 2014

• A brand new Roo

  24 October 2014

• Rabbit Towers

  4 August 2014

2013

• European Adventure Week Three

  Our final week, a last hurrah, and a dash across Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France.

  22 September 2013

• European Adventure Week Two

  15 September 2013

• European Adventure Week One

  Being of noble birth Katie and I are taking in the sights of Europe on a three week grand tour

  7 September 2013

• Sigur Ros at the Eden Project

  Probably the best gig of my life.

  2 July 2013

• A New Website

  1 June 2013

• Snowdonia Slateman Triathlon

  20 May 2013

2009

• the Silly Old Sods

  9 January 2009

• 2008 in review

  2008 was a year of BIG changes for me.

  4 January 2009

2008

• She said Yes!

  17 December 2008

• When girlfriends become technoweenies

  20 October 2008

• 200 Miles Due South

  7 October 2008

• You know you're living in a shared house when

  28 May 2008

• Glubble Family Edition

  7 February 2008

2007

• An Inappropriate Gift

  6 November 2007

• Lake Garda, Italy

  16 October 2007

• Kidz Klub Coalpool

  26 April 2007

• Glaxstar

  11 April 2007

2006

• The Little Chef breakfast in review

  23 October 2006

• Where Will I Be?

  9 October 2006

• A Pound For The Mound

  21 September 2006

• Bakewell Weekender

  24 July 2006

• Kings Bromley's Burning

  18 July 2006

• Genius

  10 April 2006

• These Things, I'm Thankful For

  5 April 2006

• Jon's School Days

  22 March 2006

• The Boosh!

  10 March 2006

• My Black Dog

  30 January 2006

• Four Things

  27 January 2006

• A Quick Post About Tea

  13 January 2006

• My Spritual Home?

  8 January 2006

2005

• The Rain in Spain

  15 December 2005

• Cow Assassins

  14 September 2005

• Birmingham, its bostin' mate

  12 September 2005

• London

  7 July 2005

• The Great Tea Debate

  6 July 2005

• Ouch, and other stories

  9 June 2005

• Back to the old school

  19 April 2005

• A camp weekend

  31 March 2005

• Top 10

  23 March 2005