The 52 New Things List

Week 52:
Write a book. More

Week 51:
Eat some ham for the first time in 22 years. More

Week 50:
Challenge a preconceived idea. Naked Germans form only a small part of it. More

Week 49:
Release a single. More

Week 48:
Record a song I’ve written in a studio. More

Week 47:
Write a song. More

Week 46:
Attempt to break a world record. More

Week 45:
Walk on broken glass. More

Week 44:
7 days of new food. More

Week 43:
Champions League football at White Hart Lane. More

Week 42:
The colonic. More

Week 41:
Have a fish pedicure. That’s right, let fish eat the dead skin from my feet. More

Week 40:
Throw some clay. More

Week 39:
Take an Arabic lesson. More

Week 38:
Walk an alpaca. Yes…you read right. More

Week 37:
Dine in the dark. I ate Kangeroo. And Zebra. More

Week 36:
Double header – Go backstage (and make some chutney). More

Week 35:
Fast for a weekend. I kept a diary. More

Week 34:
Visit the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. More

Week 33:
Land’s End to John O’Groats. More

Week 32:
Do something illegal, legally. More

Week 31:
Watch a Bollywood film. More

Week 30:
Hopi Ear Candling. More

Week 29:
Get some body art. More

Week 28:
Walk home. It was 9 miles and I got a bit drunk. More

Week 27:
Achieve a boyhood dream and grow some Sea Monkeys. Magic. More

Week 26:
Grow a manly beard. More

Week 25:
The back, sack and crack wax. More

Week 24:
Make something useful out of wood. More

Week 23:
Go to a Secret Cinema event (Tell No One). More

Week 22:
Visit two new countries in 24 hours. Say hello to Finland and Estonia. More

Week 21:
Try an alternative therapy. From hot stones to deep tissue massage via PAIN. More

Week 20:
Try the infamous Pink Milkshake…which turns out to be the Slim Fast plan. More

Week 19:
Have a full body MOT. And wee into a little pot. Weird. More

Bonus New Thing:
See a horror film in the cinema. More

Week 18:
Take an African dance class. More

Week 17:
Have my portrait painted. More

Week 16:
Use a bidet. I was desperate, it was there. More

Bonus New Thing:
Touch a deer (and not in a bad way). No photos this time, hence its relegation to bonus-only level. More

Week 15:
Go on a cocktail making course. Where we all got drunk. More

Week 14:
Learn how to make a proper pizza. Thank you Dominos. More

Week 13:
Spin some wool. It’s art, you know. More

Week 12:
Try Viagra. More

Week 11:
Watch the Godfather Trilogy. More

Week 10:
Do 52 lengths of local pool @ 52p a length for charity. Never. Again. More

Week 9:
Buy a new bike. A push bike that is. With suspension and everything. More

Week 8:
Make like the Good Life and grow my own veg. It was…underwhelming. More

Week 7:
Do a lap of the M25. Tick. Witness an amazing accident whilst doing it? Tick. More

Week 6:
Eat the hottest curry possible. I did it, I suffered and I shall never do it again. More

Week 5:
Call Granddad once a week. Shooting down Messerschmitts, nicking German helmets – this man is a legend. More

Week 4:
Live like a footballer. That bit was easy actually. Skinny dipping in the Great British sea? Not so much. More

Bonus New Thing:
Wear a skirt. Even men who aren’t in the Army or who don’t play rugby sometimes get dressed like girls. Honest. More

Week 3:
See a radio show being made. Any Questions, it was, for Radio 4. It wasn’t the riot I thought it would be. More

Week 2:
Read Shakespeare. Not all of it, obviously, just one play. I chose Much Ado About Nothing. Not bad. More

Week 1:
No more resolutions, biting of nails or, and this one really hurts, crisps. More