| 09 Dec 01 | It's Good to Gossip Why corporate sponsorship of harmless scientific research is bad. |
| 01 Dec 01 | e-mail to BBC Religion about scepticism Complaining about the dig at scepticism in that morning's Thought for the Day. |
| Dec 01 | Snippets - December 2001 Very brief observations from December 2001. |
| Nov 01 | Snippets - November 2001 Very brief observations from November 2001. |
| 14 Oct 01 | Letter to the Hebden Bridge Times Complaining about the meaningless comparison between the rarity of Exmoor ponies and the rarity of giant pandas. |
| Oct 01 | Snippets - October 2001 Very brief observations from October 2001. |
| 01 Sep 01 | Letter to the Guardian Newspaper Concerning an article about the British and the Germans. |
| Sep 01 | Snippets - September 2001 Very brief observations from September 2001. |
| 30 Aug 01 | Junk Mail and Unsolicited Phone Calls How to avoid them. |
| 21 Aug 01 | Open Letter to Homebase Letter of complaint to Homebase about their crap customer service. |
| 11 Aug 01 | Slug-Slinging Richard's campaign to rid his garden of the evil that is slug. |
| Aug 01 | Snippets - August 2001 Very brief observations from August 2001. |
| 26 Jul 01 | Practising Practising having my blood pressure taken to overcome my phobia. |
| 21 Jul 01 | Criminal Genes Did Jeffrey Archer really inherit his propensity for criminal activity from his father? |
| 12 Jul 01 | Cheryl Ladd is 50! Charlie's cutest angel is 50 today. How can this be? |
| Jul 01 | Snippets - July 2001 Very brief observations from July 2001. |
| 27 Jun 01 | Bill Gates' Cost-Benefit How much money does Bill Gates need to drop before it's worth his while to bend over and pick it up? |
| 23 Jun 01 | Two Black & White Masterpieces Drinking Guinness in Ireland and admiring a remarkable photograph. |
| 09 Jun 01 | A Warm Welcome Why beer should be drunk warm. |
| 02 Jun 01 | A Beard for All Seasons Why are people with beards persecuted by society, when they should be running it? |
| Jun 01 | Snippets - June 2001 Very brief observations from June 2001. |
| 29 May 01 | Spell-Checkers Why 85% of job applicants can't spell the word liaise - thanks to their spell-checkers. |
| 27 May 01 | Hypnotism - setting a dangerous precedent Has the world gone completely mad? A woman has successfully sued a stage hypnotist for re-awakening memories of childhood sexual abuse |