It is very strange, and I feel awkward admitting it, but yesterday, when the Middle East was on fire, and my despair at certain men’s viciou...

  All I have to say this morning is that Keir Starmer continues to be a disappointment. But actually, that’s not true. I never expected anyt...

The Greens won the by-election! Hooray! There is hope for the future. And I am well again after being ill since last Saturday. But we’re sti...

  Today's ancient piece from The Times about Dave and me... Every couple needs one Just as every newly married couple should have a sh...

Continuing this entertainment fortnight when I'm sharing old pieces I had in The Times , here, by special request from my brother Pete, ...

  This is my very favourite piece that I wrote for The Times , in my former life as a writer. There we were, quaking in our boots Derbyshi...

This is the second offering from my writing annals...published in The Times twenty plus years ago.  Can spend, won’t spend I am considerin...

I recently came across this old article of mine I had in The Times over 20 years ago, and it gave me an idea. For a couple of weeks I'm...

It has been a trying week at Hepworth Towers. It’s been a bad tempered week - not Dave, but me. It’s been a dark week - not just the intermi...

 

In 2011 I went to Paris for a weekend in February with my big sister Kath.  I like going away with Kath. She likes to walk to places, as I d...

 “ Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” I just came across this quote from Simone Weil, and it made me wonder if I should...

  I have not been to America to visit my lovely family since October 2024. I used to go twice a year. I would love to see them but I am not ...

My weekend in London had a big impact on me. I’ve been thinking about it all week. On Friday we spent the afternoon and evening at the Natio...