When it comes to building stuff, the Americans don?t do things by halves Whether it?s adding to a cityscape with a moon-prodding skyscraper, jetting off to said moon, building the SR-71 ?Blackbird? - the fastest plane ever (2,193

It?s very hard to ?crack America? Many have tried and failed, whether it?s film, TV or music

This week I was driving through whimsical countryside, with the leaves sweeping past my windscreen just as the road did the same and all was right with the world Suddenly a shadow was cast over my beloved car and as I dared peak into my rear-view mirror I asked myself ?What?s that coming over the hill

There?s nothing worse than a half-baked idea The thought of combining two favourable ingredients to result in one super, all powerful outcome has never worked

Being an only child has its benefits I always remember Christmas being a particularly good time of year with lots of presents and no-one pestering me to play with them

I?m a great one for caf? culture and the people watching that comes free with my sun-drenched cappuccino You learn a lot people watching too, such as why the tramp that talks to himself endlessly, talks to himself endlessly and that the shuffling old woman that goes everywhere at 1mph used to be a glamour model and has links to the mafia

Jeep has undergone somewhat of a revolutionary change very recently Where previously the model range consisted of the wily old Wrangler and the Cherokee and er

Anyone taken a look at what?s on offer from our American cousins recently If the answer is hell no then perhaps I could persuade you to reconsider

The one thing I?ve always promised myself would never occur happened last week ? I became my dad Now I love my dad and we get on brilliantly, but he does have a tendency to moan