Our World

A Dog's Life

Now I like to think that I provide some amusement in these little musings of mine but I try not to let it go to my head.  I am merely...

If mannequins could talk...

As I was cleaning the bits inbetween the toes of the mannequins in the Planet window the other day I was reflecting on those truisms that people come out with...

Bollywood, Bedford & Keralan Cuisine

It's been plugged already in local publications such as The Bedford Clanger, but I really feel that The Cochin needs to be sung about much more loudly from the rooftops...

Dismaland and the Approach of Autumn

Perhaps its the dismal weather outside but I love the sound of Dismaland, Banksy’s ironic take on a theme park, in Weston-Super-Mare.  If I could bear queueing on that stretch...

Planet Normal & the Edinburgh Festival

I have just returned from a weekend away at the Edinburgh Festival with my friend. As I’m half Scottish and my dearly departed father lived there for a while, I’m...

Staycations and holiday traditions

Tomorrow we will be going on our annual summer holiday and this year we are breaking with tradition in that we’re not going abroad - a staycation as it’s known....