I seem to have hit the age where I have to hold a book an elbow’s length away, in order for it to come into focus. Things that…
The news, this week, has been dominated by headlines about the passing of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. There has been applause for the things he…
One of the things I’ve missed most, during the last year, when we’ve been living in on-and-off lockdown, has been swimming. (You can read a tale that’s set…
Working as I do, in international development, in a global role, it means I’ve visited many nations on my work travels. About 12 years ago, one of those…
It is autumn in the UK, and the leaves are turning beautiful shades of golden brown, burnt orange and deep red. The schools have returned for another academic…
British people are living through their third national lockdown, since the global COVID-19 pandemic was declared ten months ago – and I am one of them. Despite this…
About a month before Christmas, during the daily early evening national news programme, BBC television showed some profoundly moving film footage from Burnley, a market town in North…
It is late November, early on a Sunday morning, and I have woken to find thick fog blanketing the area where I live. We are in the midst…
It is late in the summer of 2019 and I’m on vacation in a beautiful part of Italy. My stay has been organised by a Christian holiday company,…
When they were in their twenties, my friends, Sonia and Ross, travelled to Brazil, as part of a short term mission team. Amongst other things, they spent time…