This is my favourite photograph I've taken for quite a while. It's a pretty simple affair, my daughter Kitty catching the breeze on the jetty at West Bay in Dorset.
Welcome to GrumpyDaddy. Here you'll find the trials and tribulations of me - Harry. During the time writing this blog I've been a single bloke, married, father of newborn twins and widower, husband and father again. A professional writer by trade, this is the place where I exorcise (and exercise) all my personal nonsense, most often (but not limited to) my experiences as a husband and father of three children. Note - not all the grumpyness is genuine.
Yesterday was a rather exciting day, to the say the least, because Patpat, Kitty and I visited RJ's parish for the first time. This was also the longest trip out we've taken the twins on.
Just our luck then that a journey that should take just under…
I've written before about some of modern television's mad new techniques to stretch half an hour into an hour slot. Shows like Location Location do this a lot and I ranted about it here.But there's an even more annoying technique starting to appear o…
I've had an amazing week and there's so much I want to tell everyone about what's going on in my life right now. But I think I'll keep my secrets a little longer. I think all may be revealed on Monday though. :)
I've just been on a trip over to Hammersmith and back and believe me it's certainly cold in London today. Every time the tube door opened on the Hammersmith & City Line train a wall of freezing cold air wafter in.
It was a very interesting trip t…
Channel 4 broadcasted a very interesting documentary this evening called The Doomsday Code. Presented by Tony Robinson, in one of his much better performances, this investigated the End Times believers. The cancerous subset within Christianity especially…
One of the most anticipated releases to reach the Grumpyrocker offices is the debut album from Black Moth entitled The Killing Jar. The problem with hyping any album is that it will never quite live up to your expectations. After finally managing to coa…
Making your movement from Sydney, Australia to England in order to try and make your name in the music scene is an impressive step to take, but that's the step that hardcore punks Villa Rise took and Jimbo reviews their six track EP Wastelands after the…
East Island City are from Dublin and have only been around since 2010, but Me and What Army? is described a mini-album, although their debut EP received 15,000 hits so hopes are high for Me and What Army? Jimbo checks out what all the fuss is about.…
With the inevitable build up to their debut album release, Films of Colour release new single Running off the back of some already favourable reviews on this site for singles Capital and Slow Burn. Read Jimbo's thoughts after the jump.
Films of Col…
Anison are another new band and with their debut album Memory Flashes they promise a rush of melancholy that engrosses through its many layers, ignited by the delicate intro that comes as a calm before the proverbial emotional and sonic storm so Jimbo w…