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...

My best Christmas present starts on Friday. I asked my daughter to go to London with me for the weekend in January (as her present to me) an...

When I am looking for something short and gentle to read in bed in the morning I check in on Garrison Keillor’s blog. He talks about his dai...