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It’s goodbye from me...

8:55am Wednesday 6th July 2011

BY the time you read this, I’ll be gone.

Ooh la la – a little language problem

3:49pm Tuesday 28th June 2011

STUNNING landscapes, fine wines and one extremely hot woman. These are just a few of the delights of a recent trip to the French region of Burgundy.

Reports of my death...

11:50am Tuesday 21st June 2011

I WAS idly flicking through the obituaries some time ago when I came across something that made me stop in my tracks – my photograph.

Making a meal of things

I HAVE had a week filled with birthdays, pregnancies and random celebrations.

It's a beautfiul world

I have always found it strange that beauty pageants evoke such fierce emotion in people.

Honesty is the best policy

AN old adage says honesty is always the best policy.

Born to be the Godfather

11:14am Tuesday 24th May 2011

I HAVE to rid myself of all my sleaze and crassness.

On yer bike

6:21pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

THIS week I have become worried about my dwindling fitness levels.

Counting the cost of being tight

9:44am Tuesday 10th May 2011

SOME people have a strange attitude to money. I am very bad in this area – I can spend £20 walking down the road and yet have nothing to show for it.

Why I shelled out for a turtle suit

1:50pm Tuesday 3rd May 2011

I HATE fancy dress parties. I don’t like putting on costumes, wearing make-up or contributing to someone else’s contrived idea of wackiness.

Meeting Katie

11:25am Tuesday 12th April 2011

MEETING Katie Price was an interesting experience.

The suspense is killing me

12:36pm Tuesday 5th April 2011

IT is often said the waiting game is the hardest to play.

Yachty hotties

2:33pm Tuesday 29th March 2011

THERE is a kind of woman who I can immediately tell is a boat person.

Milking it for all it’s worth

10:00am Tuesday 22nd March 2011

IT was a beautiful summer’s day.

Selling myself short

2:14pm Tuesday 15th March 2011

In the long distant days before journalism I had dipped my toe in a few industries.