The autumn and winter catalogues have been arriving in our postbox and as usual the colours are drab and dingy. I know I’ve said it before b...

It’s been a good week. Tuesday was a perfect early autumn day at Hepworth Towers. Warm sunshine, no wind at all. Completely still days are r...

  In the light of the Green Party's vote on Zionism, I commend to you this article by Jonathan Freedman. It’s well worth reading. It mad...

Have you ever been hooked on a television series you wish you could stop watching? I turned to a gentle small town drama called ‘Everwood’ -...

I’ve had a quiet day on my own after a very busy few weeks, and during those weeks I have thought from time to time that it might have been ...

     The blog is becoming sad and bedraggled, and spoiling its noble record. It’s not surprising…I’ve done it for twenty years.  I first beg...

  Hello. What to talk about? Andy Burnham and his refreshing approach? The fact that he knows how to connect, and he seems to care about ord...

  I am staying with my dear friend Het in Cornwall. It’s heaven. Dave is at home, watering the plants. This is the view from my bed last eve...

  I refer you to this article in Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-west-must-act-save-hussam-abu-safiya-risk-kille...

  The headlines say the UK is investing £4.7 billion in defence. I call it warfare. Why aren’t we investing in diplomacy? Why aren’t we inve...

  We have had roofers here for over a week, with scaffolding round most of the house and a skip in the drive. But the front garden looks bea...

  First - thank goodness for the sound majority of Andy Burnham. Phew. Reform was soundly beaten. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Now for what I wanted...

  I was standing in the check out queue in Sainsbury’s, watching a man take an age to pack his shopping, while the cashier sat watching him,...

  This week is Refugee Week.  I was online looking for something I’d written in The Times and instead of finding it, I came across a piece I...