Life of a warehouse operative

In my role as editor of ShD, I am frequently meeting people who buy materials handling equipment and those who purchase it. However, I rarely get a chance to speak to those who operate it.

Trawling the internet one evening, I came across a website where anonymous contributors can post their experiences of working with a certain major retailer....

TV star

Twenty years ago I used to front a TV programme on a minority satellite TV channel in which I interviewed racing drivers. My last interview, with a beautiful lady driver called Giovanna Amati, saw me talking to her about being a woman in a man's world. "I'm here on talent alone, nothing else," she pouted. Minutes later, I caught her posing for a...

Load of trouble

The HSE has published some essential advice regarding the safe loading of vehicles. The consequences of not following that advice are grimly displayed.

It's not entirely clear from the website whether the driver of this lorry in this image survived the pipe coming through the back of his cab. But it demonstrates the extreme - and often hidden -...

Numbers up

The logistics industry creates 30% of the UK's emissions. That's a heck of a statement, when you think about it.

As a journalist, I get used to people reminding me that I belong to one the most hated professional groups. Down there with estate agents and politicians, we've recently been joined in the gutter by bankers and England football team...

Where does your food come from? (Don’t say ‘the supermarket’!)

Sitting down last night after a hard day’s work, I started to gaze vacantly at the television in my usual way (when I know that there will be nothing half-decent to watch on during the evening) when an extremely interesting programme on BBC One suddenly awakened my attention. Entitled ‘Crop to Shop’, the programme was presented by Suffolk-based...

A great place for industrial heritage buffs

One of the most satisfying visits I have made during my tenure as editor of ShD was to meet with Jim Brindley, the curator of the National Fork Truck Heritage Centre. His knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious, and the array of vehicles he has on display is outstanding. 

As a young boy, I relished my trips to The Science Museum, gawping at those...

Spare a thought for the ‘secret santas’

A moving tale

If I’d known you were coming, I’d have baked more cakes

Lest we forget

You don’t want to be doing this

Memories… in the corner of my mind…

A good news day

Nexen’s Suffolk punch

Selling the family silver

A very royal appointment

When a crush isn’t such a lovely thing

On a Swiss roll