Colin Baker

Treasure Family GPs while you still have them
WHEN I was a lad, the previous generation were always telling us how tough things were when they were young - and how lucky we were to be living in an era where things were getting better every day.

Shop lays bare why it bans naked dummies
I VOWED that I wouldn't revisit the world of jobsworths and political correctness again for a while, but sometimes the best intentions of your columnist are thwarted by circumstances that are too compelling to resist.

Miller's tale is so unfair on David Tennant
SIR Jonathan Miller has complained that West End theatres put celebrity ahead of quality. He bemoans the fact that producers won't back ventures that don't have star names.

Resignation of Paul Lambert was a bitter blow
FOR those of us for whom Wycombe Wanderers are an important part of our lives, it has come as a bitter blow to learn of the abrupt departure of Paul Lambert.

School league tables are not the answer
SATS testing has been under scrutiny in the media in the wake of the report of a House of Commons' committee in the week that pupils countrywide have been taking the tests.

Health warnings aren't my cup of tea
DOES anyone else share my confusion about what's good and bad for you? The latest dilemma concerns vitamin pills. For years we have believed in the beneficial effects of supplementing one's diet with a judicious addition of all the vitamins of the alphabet, most of which cost a pretty penny (worth it however if the claims for their powers in warding off illness and engendering health are right).

I get fit by watching Wycombe Wanderers
I MUST own to a reluctance to engage in physical exercise for its own sake.

It's not so ludicrous to be scared of buttons
THERE was a story in the media this week about a lady in Waterlooville who suffers from koumpounophobia.

I've cornered the market on grumpiness
THE makers of the television programme Grumpy Old Men/Women have finally acknowledged its contributors were far from old and (I would argue) nowhere near grumpy enough.

I'm all in a spin after my washing machine breaks down
I WAS brought up in the post war days of the boil wash and the mangle, so the washing machine is, for me, still a highly prized domestic item. You only need to have caught your fingers in the mangle once to appreciate the march of technology!