English people always make a good impression abroad. If we’re not stubborn old men sitting in French restaurants demanding ‘cod and chips’ in English, then we seem to be a bunch of stupid drunk clubbers intent on turning pretty Greek islands into Essex and starting fights. No really, other countries must be simply in awe of us. Of course, it doesn’ ( Read more... )

In case anyone was wondering why I haven't been out and about or in touch lately, I'm not being unsociable or anything, I've just been very sick for the last month and haven't had access to a computer or anything ( Read more... )

I appreciate that this post is completely irrelevant to anyone who doesn’t work in IT journalism, but I’ve had to wade through two of the worst pieces of writing I’ve ever seen today, and I’d like to vent my frustrations once and for all ( Read more... )

Aside from the dirty streets, grumpy wankers and over-priced housing, I’ve recently identified something else that makes me hate London. I was on the train the other day when someone’s mobile phone went off with the standard Nokia ring tone. This is usually annoying enough in itself, but it wasn’t the ring tone that got under my skin this time. ( Read more... )

Well, I figured it was time for a change and decided to have all my hair shaved off. So my hair really has gone from one extreme to another, literally Joe Elliott to Scott Ian in the space of a few months. Faye very kindly did the honours with her clippers on level 1 and I now look quite scary - I'm wondering if I should complete the look with some ( Read more... )

Well I've been up in Queensland for the last week, and it's been absolutely great. Not only is it much hotter up there, but it's also absolutely beautiful ( Read more... )

If you've known me for a little while, then you'll also know that I'm often one of the unluckiest people in Western Civilisation. Obviously I'm not living on the street or queuing for soap, but generally if anything can turn into a stupid saga, it will ( Read more... )

Last Sunday I decided to come to Melbourne for a bit. Tomorrow I'm flying back to Brisbane and I'm really really glad about it. Melbourne's a nice place, the scenery around it's beautiful, but it's cold, wet and miserable half the time. I've also had a shit time and feel rubbish at the moment - email and ask if you want to know why. I haven't ( Read more... )

As some of you probably already know, my new-found invincible ego has actually proven to be somewhat vincible (if that's the word, or is that like infamous and actually makes it more?) over the last couple of days. I won't go into the details, but if you're familiar with the usual Ben disaster scenario then you've probably got a fair idea. In fact ( Read more... )

I love meeting mad people, which is lucky as most of the people I've met here have been complete nutcases. I don't mean that in a 'you don't have to be mad to work here but it helps' kind of way, I mean mad in an actual mad way ( Read more... )