Rubber soul: The Bard of Ely's Rubber Ducky Song

Rubber soul: The Bard of Ely's Rubber Ducky Song: I played that song so much that one day I had to kill the rubber ducky. One night at the Chapter Bar in Cardiff, I rearranged some of the song lyrics to include the death of the duck, and with some help I stabbed and stamped it into its shoe-box coffin. We even had a guy dressed up as an Undertaker. Of course, that wasn't the end of the bloody duck. I got calls to do the re-incarnation of the duck. I did it a couple of times, I'm sorry to say.

Ham and Chris in the Mountains of Harghita, Romania.

Ham and Chris in the Mountains of Harghita, Romania.: The hillside meadows around me are terraced, showing evidence of large-scale human activity some time in the past, and are festooned with flowers. I counted maybe twenty different species in the space of only a few more yards. And one day I saw this spectacular iridescent blue flower that then flapped its wings and flew away. It was a butterfly. And beyond that, rustling quietly in the breathless light, lies the forest, hushed and dark like a cathedral, the all-pervading presence that encircles our lives.

Useless Idiots: cuts, war crimes and quantitative easing

Useless Idiots: cuts, war crimes and quantitative easing: While the banks are busy looting the world in what is effectively a financial protection racket, forcing the sell-off of public assets at rock bottom prices, the defence of those assets becomes a priority for all concerned citizens.

Lawyers and Bankers: These lawyers are very wealthy, but they are not the wealthiest people in the world. The wealthiest people in the world - without exception - are bankers.

Bankers control the economy. Lawyers administer it for them.

So that was my thought: we’ve become a nation ruled by lawyers on behalf of bankers.

Stop the Closures!

Stop the Closures!: "As readers will have heard by now, Herne Bay and Whitstable Royal Mail delivery offices are due to close some time in 2012.

This gives us plenty of time as communities to organise against the decision."

Woman in the Sky: a novel set in the free party and rave scene of the 90s

Woman in the Sky: a novel set in the free party and rave scene of the 90s: "Woman in the Sky is a novel set against the backdrop of the free party and rave scene of the nineties.

It is written in the first person, in the present tense, and has an urgency and a vitality that makes it hard to put down."

Tenerife by Bus

Tenerife by Bus: "Tenerife is a very popular holiday destination in the Canary Islands. Tourists flock to its resorts in the south of the island where they enjoy its beaches, bars and all-year sunshine. But, staying put in Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Am�ricas, so many of them miss out on the magic of the rest of the island. The answer is to jump on a Tenerife bus."