We gorged ourselves on the Bourne trilogy while we were at Center Parcs. All three were awesome pumping powerhouses. Spooks on steroids. Act...

Is it just me, or is Marple being cut off from the outside world? There are road works at every road in and out at the moment. And there see...

Had a nostalgic trip up the Lune Valley to meet the rest of the family for lunch on Friday. I had a few pals in villages like Caton and Broo...

I've had to abandon the family and come to Liverpool to host our Merseyside Property Gala Dinner. I am so pleased at how well it has gon...

As I'm on holiday - at Center Parcs, for the third time in just over a year - here's a list of why we keep coming back. When we were...

We're officially on a week's holiday now. We've had our friends Paul and Nat and their beautiful daughter Maisy around for lunch...

Usually when I see someone getting a kicking in the press, I tend to try and see their point of view. I think this is quite a natural human ...

My friend Chris Lodge will be 41 today. I think about him every day. He went missing over 10 years ago and no-one has heard from him in that...

I went to Grado again yesterday. This time it was with Andrew Weaver, a Marple Leaf reader and a top chap who came on our Golf trip. It was ...

When Monocle magazine made its publishing debut in March 2007, it seemed an idiosyncratic launch. But a year on it’s still with us and sel...

Here's our littlest treasure Elliot gracing the front cover of Insider magazine this month. Given the Tories are targetting this part of...

The house seemed strangely quiet on Saturday morning. I couldn't see the boys anywhere. It turned out they had ventured into the woods a...

There isn't much to do in Zurich Airport for 3 and a half hours except shop. And if you want designer clothes, luxury goods, watches and...

This blog has been on Sky News tonight, according to Eamon, the FiL, who saw it in Spain. I can't get Sky News in the Ibis Hotel in Nice...

I've been at the MIPIM event in Cannes today. We held a successful event at the Martinez Hotel on investment strategies for English regi...

What always chokes me when a man or woman in their prime dies suddenly is the children. I'm so blessed to have healthy parents who have ...

I'm really shocked at the news that Michael Todd has been found dead. I didn't know him well, but he made a real impression on me. H...

Two free newspapers called Review popped through the letterbox this week. One is from the council and is understandably full of propaganda a...

We had a good night out in Manchester last night. A good night with friends. We fancied Thai, but that one with the long name was full. I...

With thanks to Lorraine Jones for forwarding a piece with pics about the, er, charms of small boys. Here are ten observations quite close to...