Addiction. It is much spoken of these days; our addictions seem endless. Sometimes we speak of addictive personalities. ‘If I have one drink, I won’t be able to stop.’ ‘I… read more »

I’m at London’s St Pancras station. A Spanish couple with heavy bags and anxious eyes ask me if they’re on the right platform for Gatwick airport. Their English is faltering,… read more »

Theresa May recently had an unfortunate time with a cough. She’d had a cold all week apparently, feeling under the weather. So perhaps her body was telling her something; because… read more »

Joe Root, the England cricket captain, is soon to fly to Australia for the Ashes series. But recently, he went back to his old school to coach there. He gave… read more »

Some people like to vote for personalities. It’s all about the leader. So some people sing ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ as though he’s the messiah. Others, with different politics, believe ‘Good… read more »

I walk by another sign in the window of a pub. ‘Bar staff wanted. Experience essential.’ This always seems odd to me, because of all the things that are essential… read more »

I remember the cartoon. It featured two stalls in a large hall. The first stall advertised ‘Comfortable Lies’. The second stall, ‘Uncomfortable Truths’. There was a huge queue waiting at… read more »

The secret of how to get there is to start walking. Push at the gate, take a deep breath and with your small rucksack, set off towards the horizon. The… read more »

Sometimes we try and understand things. ‘Why did they treat me like that?’ we ask ourselves and then spend hours imagining possible reasons. ‘Was it this reason or that reason?’… read more »

I wish you rest this summer…rather than distraction. And the two are different. Ferreting around the internet on your phone at the end of the day (or in the middle… read more »