If you think getting a bloke in his late 40's to talk about the stuff going on in his head is difficult...you should try getting him to stop.
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W/C 17th August 2026 The TFM-whilst-travelling episodes invariably have one thing in common, and that is they end up being some of the longest I record. I really enjoy being able to capture audio in a travelogue style, and whilst that may play havoc with your Saturday morning, it helps me process the stuff I have seen (and heard) whilst I have been mooching about. So I give you a week in…
W/C 10th August 2026 I am not quite sure what happened to the QC last week, but whilst recording TFM this morning I picked up on the fact that we had two Thursdays last week. Thinking back, I don't remember any form of official-calendar-based-anamoly so I am guessing it was just a cock-up on my part, and another example of me not being able to complete a simple task. I was reminded this week that…
I am half way through the new Dan Brown/Robert Langdon book and I am thoroughly enjoying it, even though it is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Why? Because it is fairly woeful. Not only are all of the RL books the same, but we are definitely in diminishing returns territory. Like most people my first experience of his writing was The Da Vinci Code, and I maintain that the first couple of hundred of…
W/C 27th July 2026 I am finding it hard to believe that I haven't used this song as an episode title before. Indeed, so concerned was I that I had and the search function in my hosting platform wasn't doing what it should, that I sorted it alphabetically and then checked it twice. The reason is simple, I have had so many special experiences over the time I have been recording TFM that I was…
W/C 20th July 2026 I ended up having a bit of something to eat at Pizza Pilgrims this week, a funky little chain that I was aware of, but never actually frequented. It all turned out fine, the staff were friendly and attentive and the pizza was more than acceptable. In preparation for the weekend to come I opted for the Amalfi Coast, which meant Anchovies, Capers, Olives and at least two types of…
W/C 13th July 2026 If I think about it rationally Dublin is no more of a city of contrast than any other. Most places you visit are marked by the different stages of their development, or the businesses that thrived there, and Dublin is no different. Depending on where you find yourself there are similarities with Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford and of course Liverpool. I guess the reason…
W/C 6th July 2026 At first I thought the marketing algorithm might have lost the plot? I say that because this week I have been getting some very extended posts about the benefits of collagen, and the difference it can (and has if the posts are to be believed) made to the lives of many suffering the symptoms of the menopause. As you would expect my first thought was how and why are these finding a…
W/C 29th June 2026 Never, ever, did I expect to be using this song as a title inspiration for TFM. I do have previous with it, because back in the day it was a third-set-staple when I was out playing the pubs and clubs of a weekend, in various parts of Yorkshire. But that still makes tacking it on as a reference to a section all about Brexit a little bit of a stretch, but there we are, that is how…
W/C 22nd June 2026 No word of a lie, I popped out yesterday to try and buy a fan... And of course you are right to ask the obvious, what kind of a lunatic tries to buy a fan on day three of a heatwave. Well after a near-military effort to keep the house cool Josh's room was still in need of a bit of assistance, partly due to user error, partly due to house design and aspect. And, for what seems…
W/C 15th June 2026 Toyah took me to the Beatles, and the Beatles took me to Sarah McLachlan. (Of course it starts with a Apple TV box-set, but that will become obvious as you listen to this weeks episode…) It could so easily have been Toyah, as ‘It’s a Mystery’ is one of the earliest chart tunes I can remember being fixated on (thinking about it, if you throw in Prince Charming and Stand &…
W/C 8th June 2026 Because this week is a bit of an 'on location' episode I didn't get around to mentioning a few other things. Firstly, the parking notice appeared for APCOA who handle the parking at Manchester Airport, a cool £100 fine for genuinely forgetting to pay the £5 charge. As it turns out I was in the parking zone for 2 minutes and thirty-five seconds. I may well still share my thoughts…
