I hate computers. Nothing in the world, not even football these days, makes me angrier. Last night I decided to treat myself to a new computer game (and by new ...

I'm not sure I want to be a writer any more. It gives me headaches and makes me tired. It keeps me awake at night having ideas that I'll never ...

I've had an eventful day, if one can can have events while barely moving from in front of a computer.Mostly I was writing, and making good progress on Novel #3. ...

Well, not quite. But I'm not a full-time anything else at the moment.I have been redundant for a week and a half now (though my parents would argue I had ...

Today we have been told that our ‘termination date’ (so sensitively termed, don’t you think?) is Thursday. Or Boxing Day 2013. It’s still not entirely clear. But probably Thursday.Anyway, now ...

On Sunday I started writing a new play.Last night I finished it.Now I just need to middle it.

I swear this has nothing to do with Sunday’s sorrowful event (an apt description coined by a non-footballing friend) but part of me really wishes this World Cup was over.It’s ...

What I really need is a portable telly on my desk. Or for the powers-that-be to pull their finger out and get my inevitable redundancy over with so I can ...

Having been told last week that the end is nigh, motivation has fallen to an all-time low at the office. It’s hard to feel either obligation or excitement towards work ...

Today has been shit. Woke up with the memory of last night, tired but restless on the way to work and a really dull day there. Took bloody ages to ...

I hope the city of Nottingham creates a memorial for Alan Sillitoe. We’re very proud of our angry young men in these parts, with statues for Brian Clough and Robin ...

Yesterday I did some pretty stupid things.It started at about 1 in the morning when my inability to work a cash machine under the influence of a great deal alcohol ...

I love the pub down the road from our office.It was ‘Pub of the Year’ in 1987 and in recognition of this honour they haven’t done a thing with the ...

Malcolm McLaren was a sleazy, obnoxious wanker - but a genius and a national treasure all the same.John Lydon, of all people, had reason to be ambivalent about him, but ...

I’m giving up smoking. It shouldn’t be hard as, truth be told, I’ve only smoked about two dozen cigarettes* in my life. But the two I had on Saturday night ...

I've just signed up to do Busking Cancer with a colleague at work in May. Sounds like fun and nice to have a gig of sorts to look forward to ...

As I started this blog to chronicle my writing endeavours, I sometimes feel I should be updating it when I'm actually writing. But when I have the chance, I prefer ...

There’s a special kind of headache you get when you haven’t slept for an entire day and night. It’s like a mangle squeezing your head from the back, slowly dragging ...

Tiger Beer is going at four bottles for £3 in the Co-op. I suggest you take advantage of this offer, unless you live round me, in which case - hands ...

I work at a newspaper office and today there was a giveaway of a load of books and CDs sent in for review, all piled up on a table like ...