Zoomy's thing

The rather uninspired title is a cunning plan to attract the attention of googlers wanting to look me up after this morning's radio show...

Remember back in March when, in a misleadingly-titled blog post, I mentioned that I really love Blue Peter and have always wanted a Blue Pe...

Remember back in early July when Radio 4 wanted me to be on Saturday Live? Well, they just got back in touch today, as if it was only yester...

I'll start with a confession - the song "Mr Rock & Roll" by Amy Macdonald makes me cry. It's also a good song, so when...

I've just seen an advert that uses that song. I've never heard it before anywhere except from the singing Christmas tree that used t...

Hmm, I'm feeling horribly unproductive. I think I'm going to set myself some hugely excessive targets to achieve tomorrow, so that I...

Ace bought me a star for my birthday. A star that comes with a cuddly dragon! My brother bought me a Baby-Face Finlayson comic library, and ...

Heat magazine called me today - they're doing a feature about memory in between the celebrity gossip ('about remembering the night b...

I always giggle at the sound of the German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger's name when I see him on telly. I expect I'm mistransla...

Remember that interview at Proquest for Thursday? It seems that they wanted it to be Tuesday, but the guy at the agency responsible for pass...

Well, not that Gunther, and in all probability not actually my hat either, but there's a programme on channel 4 tonight featuring a Dr ...

Not only is its claim to 'eliminate odours without just masking' obviously a lie, I've just noticed that my can of outdoor scent...

Sorry, I didn't mention that my brother was coming round this weekend so I fell victim to my usual strange phobia of writing my blog whe...

I'm not feeling too much like a lazy slob right now. After all, I've been doing well with the swimming - last Friday and then yester...

Sorry I didn't post this last night, but my internet connection dropped dead. I actually wrote it yesterday morning as soon as I woke up...

I might have mentioned in my blog before that November is traditionally when I start a new thing in my life, generally a new job. It's h...

Okay, a bit of advance hype this time, for the second Online Memory Challenge! It's this coming Saturday, 1pm my time, it'll last ab...

Well, the whole house party thing was a bit of a bust, but I still got to hang out in Manchester with David and Kitty and Jack, and what mor...

Bought a new towel today, so I can go swimming without looking like some kind of ragged pauper, and the woman on the till in the textiles sh...

The HSBC in Derby is closing down and moving to a much smaller building down the road, some time next year. It's a real shame, because i...