Just because I have to tell you that I’m tall, handsome and talented doesn’t mean it isn’t so. It just implies you have a loose grasp on the obvious, and I don’t blame you for that. I blame society. The obvious was much quicker to register when it wasn’t going ...

This is a post for those people who look down their nose at me as I’m tucking into a Big Mac and large fries. The runners, who huff past in the park wearing a Lycra outfit that reveals every revolting crotchal lump and bump. The old women, tutting as they ...

What a week. We’ve had nose bleeds, torn muscles, exhaustion, diarrhoea. Actually, that’s all me, apart from the diarrhoea bit; although with the swine flu that’s going around it could be a very real possibility. We moved house yesterday, which meant flexing my puny muscles and putting them through more ...

For all the adolescents who are overweight and really want to do something about it, the first suggestion is: try cutting out one calorie-full but nutrition-poor food that you're crazy about. If you can't stop eating chocolate candy bars or big dishes of ice cream or those ...