• Passing a Screen Test & Running Circles Around Retail Hell - this week's best stories
    Jun 13 2026

    Passing a Screen Test recounts my epic efforts to help fix a monitor with a quick sidebar about the world's worst Bond movie.

    Running Circles Around Retail Hell is further evidence why my hatred of shopping is perfectly reasonable.

    Both are from my diary blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read more of this sort of thing.

    The music was composed and performed by me too.

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    9 min
  • The Green Chequered Flag & Cage Flight - stories from this week
    Jun 6 2026

    The Green Chequered Flag explains why I was able to provide my own hold music when renewing my breakdown cover.

    Cage Flight describes my battle to stop the wind wrecking my broccoli.

    Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com

    I wrote all the words and all the music you will hear, are hearing, or hopefully will hear...

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    8 min
  • This Week's Words: Traffic Jams and Heavy Chats & Unauthorised Shure Leave
    May 30 2026

    Traffic Jams and Heavy Chats discusses the merits of a long car journey home and the opportunities it provided for a tricky conversation with my son.

    Unauthorised Shure Leave is the story of my missing Shure SM-58 microphone and it's rediscovery in a most unusual place.

    Both are taken from my weekly blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read the other five entries from last week should you wish.

    I wrote and performed the theme music too.

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    9 min
  • Weekly tales: Blame the Boys & So Long Song Contest
    May 25 2026

    Blame The Boys describes me wondering why my sons seem to have their lives sorted whereas I do not.

    So Long Song Contest is my fond farewell to the Eurovision Song Contest and the reasons why this lifetime obsession has ended

    Both are taken from my weekly blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com

    I wrote and performed the music too. Maybe I should enter Eurovision myself...

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    9 min
  • This week's adventures in life: Some You Win & Score Wars
    May 17 2026

    Some You Win explains a strange Venn diagram of cucumbers and podcast revenue.

    Score Wars explains why it took so long to get a piece of music to stay on a music stand.

    Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you will read more of the same.

    I wrote and performed the music too luckily without having to use a score...

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    10 min
  • Weekly Stories: A Tale of Two Theatres & Bee-ing in Pain
    May 10 2026

    A Tale of Two Theatres is a "live" account of a trip to London to watch a couple of shows and the misadventures involved in that.

    Bee-ing in Pain explains why my finger injury is a Russian composer's fault.

    Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com

    I wrote all the words you have heard and all the music too.

    Yes, really!

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    6 min
  • Cracking Up & Feeling Wuff - the best bits from this week
    May 3 2026

    Cracking Up reveals the horrific truth about what happened to my iPad screen in the middle of the night.

    Feeling Wuff is about what happens when I'm feeling a bit low and people notice.

    Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com

    The music is mine too. It's even me playing it.

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    9 min
  • A Note-able Meeting & Let The Record State
    Apr 26 2026

    A Note-able Meeting recalls me accidentally impressing a member of His Majesty's Government during a meeting.

    Let The Record State is about a few hours panic when a vitally important spreadsheet goes meeting.

    Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com

    I wrote the music as well...

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    11 min