I thought I’d use my final blog post for 2009, and in fact for the first decade of the twenty first century, to reflect on what I think has been the best of the last 10 years.

Happy new year, happy new decade and happy rest-of-your-lives to all my friends and family across the world.

To paraphrase Quentin Crisp, think how you’d be – how you’d behave, how you’d dress, who you’d love – if there was no one in the world watching you – and JFDI.

SG’s 10 best bits of the last 10 years

Best sportsperson – Ricky Ponting (Australian cricket captain)

Best album – Hairspray the soundtrack

Best book – Shantaram

Best pub – Hermits Cave, Camberwell

Best film – The Boat that Rocked

Best holiday – Kangaroo Island, Australia

Best web things – BBC, Facebook, any of the google sites and apps, spotify

Best tv series – 24

Best purchase – Trixie, my BMW. She stood the test of time and served me well for most of this decade.

Best gadget – its a toss up between skyplus and the creative range of mp3 players

remember, be nice to one another and kinder to animals, children and those less fortunate than you.

happy new year

sg x