My records reveal quite a few failed predictions and unfulfilled promises

MY WIFE made one of her occasional forays to IKEA in Belfast last week. Great value to be had up there, especially with the current rate of exchange, and the quality they produce for the price is quite remarkable.

Apart from the other stuff she bought, she arrived back with some flat-pack book cases, so I could finally get the tiny room referred to as my “office’ into some sort of shape.

Big mistake. I don’t mean the book cases — even I was able to follow the instructions with relative ease and get them assembled into a fine looking arrangement. No, the problem is with the phrase “sorting out your office”.