I love Twitter. It's usually the first thing I look at when I arrive at my desk in a morning, and one of the last things I look at before closing the laptop in the evening. But during any sort of controversial or tragic news story, Twitter becomes one, giant pain in the neck. What's the biggest pain? It's not the we-haven't-noticed-people-are-dying-we're-just-using-the-hashtag-to-sell-shoes Tweets. It's not even the Britain-is-broken-surely-it's-time-to-get-rid-of-Islam … [Continue reading]
As parents and writers, we are raising the first generation of people who could see their entire lives recorded online. With the rise of Facebook, parent blogs, Twitter and a thousand other websites, our children's lives are mapped online … [Continue reading]
Back in The Olden Times (as Flea charmingly referred to my youth this week) I did a lot of camping. My Dad was a cub scout leader and we would regularly tramp off to a field to sleep in a tent, climb trees and splash about in rivers. We slept in … [Continue reading]
It's been two years since our last visit to the Isle of Wight, when Flea was five. Last time, we went back to nature by staying in a yurt set in an apple orchard. It was incredibly picturesque but just a touch chilly, and a compost toilet does … [Continue reading]
Earlier this month, Flea and I spent a few days in Florence, and we were lucky enough to attend some cooking classes where some rather lovely Italian chefs taught us how to make lots of yummy Italian food. We've been home long enough to try these … [Continue reading]
Dear Next Week, We haven't met yet, but honestly, I have high hopes of a beautiful friendship between you and I. Certainly, I know you won't let me down the way that bastard Last Week did. For starters, there was the unfortunate incident … [Continue reading]
Apparently, Candy Crush is the most popular game on Facebook, with 9.7m people playing the game each day. I'm not surprised - I keep seeing mentions among bloggers of the game, and every time I log into Facebook, I'm accosted by half a dozen updates … [Continue reading]
If a picture speaks a thousand words, then a GIF speaks - well, probably a bit more than a thousand. A thousand and two, at least. If you're a Tumblr user (check out the Tots100's guide to Tumblr for beginners if you're not!) then you'll be … [Continue reading]
Back in the dark mists of time - summer 2005 - I started looking for a new car. I'd been driving my little Citroen C3 for a couple of years but I was due to have a baby and that meant I needed a car that could manage a Labrador, husband, pushchair … [Continue reading]
This Easter, Flea and I were set the challenge of spending 100,000 Starpoints on a trip somewhere fun. That was it. No rules, no guidelines, just - go somewhere and have fun. And so it was we ended up booking two flights to Florence for a … [Continue reading]
