Watching nervous contestants attempting to make perfectly spherical chocolate desserts on “Bake Off – The Professionals” this evening, I was painfully reminded of Home Economics lessons at my Junior School, circa 1978… Â Here’s “Bake Off”.Â

This morning, a positive cloud of little baby Blue Tits are swarming around my feeder – but who…
Relationships can be tricky, often wobbling wildly between “Ho, hum” and “Hurrah”. I think one of the best…
A few lines for anyone who has lost someone close…
Happy Lunar New Year! Whilst people in China will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit today, in Vietnam it is now the Year of The Cat.
Well, Hallowe’en is finally with us, so here’s another spooky bird-related poem (albeit rather more light-hearted than the…
Good luck to everyone taking exams right now. Back in the day, I had to study the War…
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