As I write, the news is changing shape, hour by hour, in response to the current Coronavirus situation. I can’t help but be reminded of the film, “Outbreak”,...

It's just as well I am married to someone who is a dab hand with the superglue. There always seem to be things around the house which need repairing. This mo...

My favourite Sunday night television viewing at the moment has to be the new SAS documentary on Channel 4. A group of determined individuals have signed up t...

Happy New Year to you! I hope that by the time you read this, you will be stepping into 2020 and all that it brings. Yet January always seems to be a strange...

On a recent trip to the cinema, I saw the film 'Joker'. There had been a fair amount of controversy surrounding it, so I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. ...

We finally succumbed to the lure of the temptation in Currys PC World. Yes, we bought a bigger television! When I think that most of my decade in Paris was s...

In October I’m officiating at the last of our Parish weddings for the year. I do enjoy a good wedding – doesn’t everyone? During my wedding talk I encourage ...

Never judge a book by its cover, goes the saying. That’s what I kept in mind as I listened to a recent discussion between Russell Brand and an Anglican Bisho...

Yes, I am one of those people who have been watching Killing Eve. For those of you not in the know, it’s a BBC spy thriller about a psychopath. What’s the at...

As I write this, the news has spread that the world lost a cultural icon. Doris Day has passed away at the age of 97. She was famous for her acting roles, si...

Last May, one of the nicest things I saw for the first time, was the abundance of pink blossom, (or ‘pink snow, as someone called it!) which fell from the tr...

I often wonder to myself ‘What did we do before the arrival of BBC iPlayer/Smart TVs?'. Of course, the answer is, we watched three, then four channels, becau...

I recently discovered the joy of auctions. I was told about a nearby auction house, where I could place a bid via email, as I was unable to go in person to t...

The early part of the year is a great time for planning and thinking. It’s great to identify our next holiday, think again about whether we want to go for a ...

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one’s just begun”. Those are the words of John Lennon’s Happy Christmas War i...