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…
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…
This week has seen the passing of a little known anniversary. It was on 22 November 1873, when the French passenger ship, the Ville du Havre, sank in…
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,…
Recent weeks have seen a worldwide surge in calls for racial justice and equality – a recognition that ‘black lives matter’ – and it’s been impossible to ignore…
A large metal shipping container is an unlikely prison. Especially when it’s been plonked, quite deliberately, in the middle of the Eritrean desert. Baking hot by day; freezing…
It’s thanks to a friend from work that I have stumbled upon this story, because my friend knows Jessie, the young woman at the heart of it. She…
Every year, during the Advent and Christmas season – ever since this happened – I find myself remembering and reflecting, pausing and praying … (Please can I encourage…
I am taking a taxi to the train station, homeward bound after a meeting. As we head steadily closer to the centre of this large cosmopolitan city, we…