Husband & Wife Sentenced to Life

Hello! First of all, apologies for the audio quality in the second half of today's podcast. We've been desperately trying to get into our little studio and record but time has been against us. We decided to record half in the studio pre-school pick-up and half on the roof of Starbucks (very Beatles-esque). Sadly Simon's mic didn't record at Starbucks, so we've had to try to rescue what audio we co...

Hello again. Lorra didn't want to record today but we persevered an, as a result, have a podcast for you. We talk New Years Day and the rush to cook, the lousy weather, Simon's perfect family day with Beatles Lego & Beatles music, going back to school, podcast plans and more. We recommended (click for trailers): Tick Tick Boom: https://bit.ly/3JxAzAO The Last Train to Christmas: https://bit.ly...

Hello! Happy New Year! It's New Year's Day and, as we've not managed to get a podcast done since Christmas Eve, here's a bit of a Christmas catch-up, a talk about the between-days and New Year. Plus we discuss the current, perfect get-out excuse and some of the board games and films we've been enjoying over the last week. Enjoy and we'll see you next time! x Support this show http://supporter.acas...

Hello and Merry Christmas! We've just popped in for a chat on Christmas Eve. The sun has just gone down. Lorra has just taken Betsy Pearl for her bath whilst Simon (and the elves) prepared her Christmas Eve Box. We chat about not having the Christmas vibes, peeling the veg, crying at the telly, a great TV recommendation, not being pretentious when you do a buffet/spread and more of this and that....

Hello! It's Christmas Eve Eve! From our own Santa's Grotto, where two busy little elves have been wrapping, we talk about how The Beatles have big-time ruined our Christmas, people adopting the Shagvent Calendar™, pizza oven night, trendy garden string lights, lots of films we've been watching, at what age you start respecting your home, not feeling the Christmas snack vibes and loads more. We're...

Hello! Today we talk Lorra's birthday and how she rated it, Simon surviving brunch, Lorra's cha-cha trousers, a double dress fail and subsequent tailor slutcut, watching the new Spiderman, the no-booze hangover and random Twitter diagnosis, Lorra's karaoke tone-deafness, Simon's undiagnosed autism rearing its head with The Beatles, a going-to-the-mall mistake, recommending 'A Boy Called Christmas'...

Our podcasts... They're like buses. You wait for weeks then two come at once, etc. Well, we are trying to make them regular, now we've got a bit more time. Today, on very little or no sleep since the last episode, we talk airport pick-ups, anxiety, the Christmas editions of the Radio Times & TV Times and how even they can be depressing. We talk 'Display Nuts' and other balls we've seen on disp...

Hello again! First of all, a massive apology for the gap in podcasts. All will be explained within the pod. We cover Simon's 50th and a very emotional birthday video montage, Christmas Fayres, trying to get our son, Leo, home from university and th monumental (and expensive) f**k-up he made along the way. We talk about a "kids say the funniest things" incident that happened at home, plus two versi...

Hello again! Today is Simon's last day in his 40s, last day of the first half century of his life... So a lot of fun today! We talked... • A strange, early birthday greeting. • A 100% sleepless nights & the podcasts that got Simon through. • Leo's first job, first pay-packet & first tax! • Major life milestones. • The songs, films and other things that get a Christmas pass or bonus, e...

Hello you! Some jingle-jangle Christmas bells throughout this pod. And we got through a lot of stuff... • Moaning about moaners. • Doing Christmas early. • Barber abuse (with naughty voicenote) • Becoming our fantasy pre-loved upcyclers. • Pet advent calendars • Display candles. • Coffee shop festive flavours. For Dubai shoppers, here's the market we got the table from: https://www.instagram.com/l...

Hello. We recorded this one a few days ago but it's been full-on and we forgot to upload it. Today we talked about... • What each of us brought into the studio. • Having a bad morning. • Not the UAE anecdote they were expecting. • Lorra's haircut. • Turn-offs. We're going to try to get a few more pods in before Simon's 50th (Thursday 25th Nov). See you next time x Support this show http://supporte...

We thought we'd record a few specials on the run-up to Christmas, doing our own versions of some of the podcasts we listen to, love, admire, etc. Today it's Alan Davies' Seven Pillars - Which we highly recommend. Alan is a lovely bloke and a great interviewer. It's also worth checking out his biography (audiobook) 'Just Ignore Him' , a very moving account of his childhood life. Back to today's pod...

Hello you! Sorry it's been a while. Illness has swept through the family and, as you'll hear, has landed on the worst person possible! Today we talked about... • Simon (you guessed it!) feeling really poorly. • Simon out gigging during unsociable hours. • Looking forward to hosting Christmas Fayres. • Honey podcasting and setting up a school business. • Lorra expecting a Christmas Megamix. •...

Hello you! On today's episode, we talked about... • Simon considering recorded some new music for the podcast. • Simon's Loaded Veggie Sweet Potatoes - Look: https://bit.ly/3EkMdfc • Poorly kids and a sofa-ruining lateral flow test. • Halloween preparations. • Your cheesy-beans-on-toast feedback. • Opening the Pandora's Box of how much should be spent on Simon's 50th. Today we recommended... Greg...

Hello you! We're back. From the last pod to now was supposed to have been a very sexy time but it didn't quite work-out like that. It never does, right? Today we talk about... • Illness sweeping through the house. • Poorly women vs poorly men. • Levels of in-house illness & the signs. • Garlic & wine armpits. • A 2am (forced) dad-drive. • Calling-out 'pretentious tea twonks'. • The cheesy...

Hello! As you'll hear, Lorra was on the verge of 'erupting' throughout this podcast. It's a more thrilling ride than Die hard III. Today we talked about... • A dodgy & very late burger delivery. • Wife's organising what Simon calls "Sex Back-handers'. • Immodium as foreplay. • How do we fare on a big list of parenting fails. • Emails AND videos on good parenting from school. • Simon's cou...

Hello you! We popped-in to the spare-room-cum-studio for a quick (although not as quick as Simon would've liked) chat. Today we talked about... • The studio temperature. • The Marks & Sparks poll result. • The start of Christmas shopping. • Excessive advent calendars. • A quick veggie review of a brunch we went to. • The monster that is post-brunch-Lorra. • Simon's flies & Michael McI...

Hello you! It's Friday morning and, for the first time in months, we're back in our home studio to record ep.55 of #HAWSTL (Husband & Wife Sentenced to Life) and it's a WHOPPER today... What the Beano or Whizzer & Chips used to call a 'bumper edition'! Today we talked about... • Riding high in the charts against some of our favourite podcasters. • Your votes and reviews (Please leave us on...

Hello you! Another recording in the car, as we sat in a car park (the Cat Stevens car park) waiting for Kid3 to finish performing arts. Today we talked about... • Last episode's depression-cast. • Double broken air-conditioning nightmare. • Sleeping (or not sleeping) on the floor. • Toddler tantrums vs moody teens. • The Squid Game email we got from school. • Lorra got her nails done... For someon...

Hello you! Well, after several misfires and an entire recording we decided to bin, we finally got around to recording an episode. It's been a week. Far too long but, as you'll hear, we having been in a great frame of mind. And, as it World Mental Health Day, we thought it appropriate and important to put this out. Today we talk about... • Broken air-conditioning. • The mental pain of missing our s...

Hello. Second attempt to upload this one as it all disappeared last time. We recorded in our Dubai kitchen as Simon cooked roasted red pepper linguine and Lorrra sat in the Lay-Z-Boy recliner drinking a caramel & hazelnut latte. You can see the finished dish here: https://bit.ly/2ZSqKey Today we talked about... • The cyclone heading our way. • Lorra's hatred of Simon's Insta foodie posts. • Th...

Hello you! A quick catch-up as we walked Charlie around the lake behind our villa. It was too hot. We went from normal to drippy during this recording... And not in a good way. Today we talked about... • Back to work eve. • An urge to watch the new James Bond. • Getting back in the kitchen with veggie enchiladas. • Lorra not liking the word 'poo'... And some worse suggestions. • Dubai parents' com...

Hello you! We recorded today's podcast on a sunn7, blue-skied, 40ºc drive to Parkview Hospital's Covid Drive-Thru, so Simon could get his, erm, fit-to-work test done. Today we talked about... • The rules of radio. • Simon's different October hashtag list. • Lorra's car clock discrepancies. • Blowvember. • The launch of Expo 2020 Dubai. • Our emotionless, problem child. • A Leo update. • How to tri...

Hello! Happy International Podcast Day. It'd be rude not to do one, right? Today, from our garden in Dubai, we talked about... • Being honest about depression. • Leaving the lovely cottage. • One last Asda. • Being useless at doing 'Britain'. • Shady Skoda Sat-Nav. • Dad motorway warnings. • Petrol shortage shenanigans. • Missing flights. • People being horrible to Emirates staff. • Excess baggage...

Hello you! This is the final installment of our 'Bristol Diaries' podcasts. We've recorded it on Sunday evening, sitting in the garden of our cottage, shortly after getting back here, after saying goodbye to our 'fresher' son, Leo, until at least Christmas. We will be in the car before 8am, heading to Heathrow and, eventually, Dubai, so we won't have time for recording and editing in the morning....