Are we too easily offended? It is a question I often have to ask myself, usually after some delicate soul takes umbrage at something I have said or, on occasion, written.
I am delighted to report that, half way into January, my year has begun largely how the last one finished - in a flurry of baked produce consumption, alongside the odd glass or two of booze.
The great ‘screen time’ debate has reared its head yet again, this time after paediatricians concluded there is no medical evidence that sitting in front of computers is bad for our kids.
Lots of us regularly think about it, yearn after it, even. Some people go to bed dreaming about it, while others wake up in the middle of the night with it playing firmly on their mind.
Even though I am a considerable way off getting fitted for the patterned grey cardigan and tartan slippers, it doesn’t stop me thinking about a time when I won’t be doing very much.
During the next week or so you are going to hear an awful lot about World War One due to the fact we are inching towards the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.
Entries were officially opened for the Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2019 with more than 100 Sussex food and drink business leaders gathering at a launch event held at South Lodge Hotel in Lower Beeding, near Horsham.
As a nation we have gone football mad again over the last four weeks, having witnessed the transformation of the Three Lions from end-of-the-pier joke to well groomed living history.
For as long as I can remember I have been a fully blown news addict, having got my regular fix from newspapers, radio, television, Ceefax and nowadays also via my laptop and smartphone.
