The Vex Factor - Last night was A-MAZING! If you missed it, then you truly missed one of the most nail-biting, shock inducing moments on TV for a long time. I am, of course...

Work blog - At present it seems like it is all work and no play. Despite supposedly having the weekend off I have been checking e-mails, doing research for various pro...

Slippery nocturnal action - More than once on this blog I’ve wondered where all the climbers are, but now I know. They’re all at Haytor on a winter’s evening. Jerome and I went ...

Sharks, fears and a Polish dentist - Yes! I did it! To be honest – I had to. One of my teeth ‘refused cooperation’ with the 'rest of me'… In other words: I had to go to a dentist. Just like f...

Thanks for Life - Hi there happy reader! Yesterday I suggested a search engine entry. Even better, try typing in ‘Thanks for Life’ and see what you get. You will be led t...

Freedom of Expression #end - Recently, we heard of a Christian nurse from Exeter, who is facing disciplinary action for simply wearing a necklace on which hung her confirmation cross...

Blog action day - *15.10.09 * ** *Today, October 15, is the annual Blog Action Day, a day that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day w...

Battle of the Titans - SO CHELSEA may well be top of the Premiership having beaten Liverpool at the weekend. But there’s only one match that gamers are gearing up for next – Fifa ...

I turned down a free gastric band op.... - The growingly popular gastric band surgery that so many desperate people are putting themselves into debt for and the NHS is under increasing pressure to p...

From Plymouth to Banjul - If you are a resident of the South West, please don't ever complain about the rain! The rainy season here beats the UK climate hands down, absolutely torre...

Hayseed Dixie - LET’S get this straight - hillbilly heroes Hayseed Dixie are fantastic live but don’t expect to see them fronting any anti-binge drinking campaign. We’r...

YAY!!! I’ve now lost half Stone - I am now in my 5th Week of the programme & have got to a milestone 7.5 Pounds. Exercise habit is cracked I never thought I would hear myself saying this b...

Mint - it absolutely will not stop, ever. - Weeds have developed a range of strategies for ensuring their survival; scratching, stinging, poisioning, stinking - even biting. Mint seems to have gone d...

- IT GOES without saying that Simon Walton has not made the impact he, or Argyle, would have wanted after signing from Queens Park Rangers last August. He pu...

- IF ARGYLE should be relegated at the end of this campaign, there will be plenty of soul searching in the quest for the reasons behind their fall from grace...

Home again - Well I'm back in good old Blighty yet again after a very challenging time in Bangladesh. There were good times and bad times and some very upsetting times ...

There's a plaice for us... - Dear Fellow Fishers, Normally, my plaice season doesn't get under way until April, but this winter I left my boat Safran on her mooring. The last two...

- THERE is a certain logic, I suppose, to the winner-takes-all format that will determine which driver carries off the Formula One title this year. But in usi...

Liverpool's win not surprising - I WASN’T entirely surprised by Liverpool winning so handsomely at Manchester United after beating Real Madrid. Beating United 4-1 at Old Trafford at the wee...

Accessible Higher Education, Not Vice-Chancellors Greed - This week has seen the release of a document from the organisation Universities UK detailing the options for the future of tuition fees – the cost for a st...

Sarah Shares... - Sarah shares………… Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m doing a uni placement at MBC until May. As Emily has said in the previous blog, I’m working with Steve leading...

Great to be back - IT WAS a great feeling playing and scoring a try for Albion again last weekend and just a pity that we were unable to come away from Doncaster with a victo...

Polar Bear Problems - Sunday I headed out on the sea ice around Qikiqtarjuag to see if we catch a seal. Seal hunting is a very controversial subject and I am keen to see this im...

Frustrations - ARGYLE have it all to do again this weekend away to Norwich City, who like a number of clubs are fighting like mad to get away from the wrong end of the Ch...

Nice to get back to winning ways - IT’S really nice to be able to write about coming away from Sedgley Park with a victory and a good win at that. Any victory home or away is welcome at any s...

Steering towards spring - As the afternoons draw out and the mornings become lighter I can once again enjoy motoring that little bit more. It's been a tough winter for our cars too;...

Drastic measures - AT the tender age of 24, I’m probably a bit young to have experienced a mid-life crisis. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what I had earlier this year when I w...

Donny to win the cup? - DONCASTER to win the National Trophy? Well, if the bookies are superstitious then they will insert them as the new favourites after seeing off Albion 21-3 a...

Pregnant Man? - So, here we have it. I have just seen the advertisement for a telly program about the "Pregnant Man" to be aired shortly. Now, it is of course everyones r...

Hasta Luego Sud America - Well I finally managed to leave the wonderful Galapagos Islands after a truly unique experience although the boat journey across the pacific ocean between ...

Student involvement - The past few days have been very busy and I had the opportunity to meet and work with several students who made honour to our university and city. Here are...

Ra ra skirts, Hitler and the blinkered Malaysian politician's wife - Hi. Well thank-you Mr Web Editor for disclosing my age to the city. I suppose it had to be done. It’s a recent event, my coming to a false sense of maturi...