It was all blight on the western front before Eden

4:39pm Friday 14th March 2008

I'VE ALWAYS been known as a bit of a cynic. I'm one of those chaps most comfortable sitting in the back row lobbing rotten fruit at the jobsworths giving us the official party line at the front.

Marlow people may need a map now to get around Wycombe

7:09pm Thursday 6th March 2008

OH OKAY then, I am very excited. The Eden centre in High Wycombe is just six days away now from opening and it's going to change a drab old town for the better.

Please lads, say 'I do' if she asks

12:39pm Friday 29th February 2008

NO, I don't expect any proposals of marriage from any women today. I'm a tad long in the tooth for all that jazz, even though I am sure Mrs Mann would be happy to do a deal with someone and trade me in.

Bitter taste of losing our heritage

12:22pm Friday 22nd February 2008

I WAS one of the foolish brigade who welcomed the change to this country's drinking laws a few years ago. We heralded it as a giant step towards a new freer, more libertarian age.

I bet you're all feeling a lot richer

7:59pm Thursday 14th February 2008

HOW many of you out there are feeling more prosperous of late, despite the alleged downturn in the economy? How many of you have suddenly realised you have a lot more cash in your pocket, and can't quite work out why?

Mobile phone penalties are too soft

1:43pm Friday 8th February 2008

I WAS staggered, pleased and then a bit disappointed when I read how eight drivers were stopped and punished earlier this week for using mobile telephones at the wheel of their vehicles.

Please apply to be the next Bill Purdie

9:28am Friday 1st February 2008

A LOT has already been written in the Bucks Free Press about the death of prolific letter-writer Bill Purdie, but I suppose it wouldn't do for this column to overlook his passing.

Nostalgia can be a load of old guff

5:57pm Friday 25th January 2008

I MIGHT be an old fuddy-duddy, but sometimes even I get sick of the tired cliches about the good old days, and how things were nicer in the olden times.

Time to change the record, Dave

6:27pm Friday 18th January 2008

I UNDERSTAND that county council leader David Shakespeare was banging on again this week about lack of Government funding for Bucks. Change the record, Dave. We've heard it all before and it's beginning to grate.

Let us drink beer, Mr Shakespeare

3:16pm Friday 11th January 2008

I WAS pleased to discover Wycombe District Council had done a bit of a U-turn over plans to hike up parking charges. The Bucks Free Press' campaign - Let us park, Mrs Clarke' - was a resounding success because it reflected public opinion in a firm but humorous manner.

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