Zoomy's thing

I'm well aware that this blog has turned into "The Saga Of Zoomy's Blue Peter Badge", but I think I have to record that I ...

I've lost my Blue Peter badge! It must have fallen off somewhere yesterday, because it wasn't on my jacket this morning. And still i...

At least, not for the interview. But I put it straight back on my jacket immediately afterwards. And in a charity shop in Burton, two people...

I won't talk about the actual contents of the show until it's on telly next Wednesday, but I will say now that I've got a Blue P...

I saw an advert on a tube train today for Vicks First Defence, which went along the lines of "A stinking cold is the last thing you wan...

See me on Blue Peter on Wednesday December 12th! And not the 5th, as I might have said before! It's being recorded in advance, you see. ...

It occurred to me that I was aware that there is such a word as 'amanuensis', but I had no idea what it meant, or how I became aware...

I was rather hoping for a super-rare European win at the world othello championship, but despite the best efforts of Stéphane Nicolet, the t...

I finally got round to buying two new packs of cards today, to bring my total of useable packs back up to 36. Maybe I'll have a go at me...

I've become worryingly addicted to Bubble Bobble. I dug out the old Sega Master System a couple of days ago and played it, and I've ...

It's that time of year when everybody's thoughts turn to a silly song on an episode of Maid Marian And Her Merry Men from nearly twe...

Next Tuesday I'm going down to London to watch footage of the Japanese memory monkeys (well, chimps, but I'll take alliteration over...

I don't know who Ziggy and Chanelle are. I keep seeing one or the other of them on the front of trashy magazines, apparently describing ...

I've just spilled a kettle full of hot water over my left hand while filling my hot water bottle. Ow!

I was planning to stay over in Cambridge tonight, seeing as I'm going to London tomorrow, but we finished the othello earlier than expec...

Ahh, nearly the weekend again. If I was gainfully employed, that might mean something, but still, this weekend will be fun. On Saturday we h...

Well, England made a complete mess of the football, didn't they? Ah well, that means I won't spend so much time watching matches on ...

"Father's fallen into the lion pit again," Henry said, strolling unhurriedly into the drawing room. "How typical of the m...

It turns out that Woolworth's haven't completely got rid of the weighing machine, they just stuck it in a dark corner where nobody e...

Ooh, Blue Peter are phoning me tomorrow! I'm going to absolutely insist on a badge as payment for whatever they want me to do. I drive a...