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Why I’ve suddenly got that sinking feeling

ONLY in America. Psychologist Karin Hart didn’t sit on her bum when she noticed her bottom was sagging. Read

High price of garden gusto

MY back is killing me and it’s all because of the weather. Read

Oh no, not more April blizzards?

‘Is this one of those post- nuclear apocalypse winters where the sun won’t shine for a decade’ Read

Facing bald facts of modern living

DID you read about the teacher who was follicly challenged? Read

Irony and our MPs!

THAT TV advert for a new car that features a duelling Aryan aristocrat in Bavaria has provoked the ire of a group of MPs. Read

Bring back rationing and snoek

WITH all this talk of a looming recession we should batten down the hatches and revive that Second World War Battle of Britain spirit. Read

All together now, regain the streets

A TV advert showed happy smiling pensioners, who were no longer as active as they once were, buzzing about in motorised wheelchairs and four wheeled scooters. Read

Airports and big spending

WHY is it that when you arrive at an airport you start spending? Read

Ready for relaxed eating in waiterless world

MICHAEL Mack runs a restaurant in Germany that has no waiters. Read

Still sweet sixteen at the age of 60

WHISPER this quietly because she does not want everyone to know, but my wife Maria has just celebrated (if that is the correct word) her 60th birthday. Read

Game on to solve flat-pack mystery

BEWARE DIY, I said. Stay a million miles away from painting and decorating, pruning trees, cleaning gutters, building extensions and laying lino with sharp knives. Read

Just forget our cultural life!

CHILDREN are being made mentally ill by excessive school testing, said Dr Mary Bousted at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers conference. Read

Gosh, what have they done now?

WHISPER this quietly, but as a child I was a fan of Enid Blyton. This was, of course, before I knew better and the PC brigade began changing her characters. Read

DIY spells disaster and injury for you

EVERY year, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents issues an Easter warning to DIY enthusiasts: don’t do it. Read

General ignorance really is a joke

HAVE you ever said something stupid and immediately regretted it? Read

High ho, here’s to a long life

WAIT till I see my chum Willie, who is so tall his passport photograph has a hinge. Read

Days when airships sailed across the sky

AIRSHIPS continue to fascinate and stir the memories of many readers. Read

Will luxury liners of the sky return?

THE age of the airship was short lived. But think what might have been if developers had not been put off by tragic accidents and the Second World War. Read