I’m looking forward to watching the film, Selma. Everything that I’ve heard about it indicates that it is a film that is well worth...

If you have the spirit of an explorer, sometimes you set out on a path without actually knowing where it will lead. But it will lead...

I have a poppy, which I choose to wear and I wear it with great pride. It actually looks just like this one worn by young Nicholas on...

For the first time ever, courtesy of Sainsbury’s I drank vegetable juice (combined with fruit juice) this past weekend.  I’m pretty...

When I went along to support a Charity Golf event, I decided that the next time I went for such an event, I wanted to have the option of...

I know it’s probably not the end, but I’m glad that there has been a ceasefire called in Gaza.. Even though I have studied it from the...

When the Jimmy Savile scandal first broke, I had no idea how bad things were, but I knew there were bad – the abuse of anyone is bad, the...

There’s a lot to be said about looking in the mirror and seeing yourself for who you are – warts and all and working to improve upon...

I have a fascination for tattoos and what they mean to the bearers. I mean what leads people to get images or words engraved on their...

It’s now over 10 years since I virtually work up one morning and decided to book myself on a holiday to Japan.  My original plan was to...

I drove down to Milton Keynes Shopping Centre earlier today for a meeting with Waterstones about my new books. I hadn’t realised that the...

I was at a game of Basketball – MK Lions against  the Leicester Raiders on Friday.  Unfortunately, MK Lions didn’t win – we lost by a...

The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets.The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears. And the kindest hearts have felt the most...

Just before Christmas, I was told about a local Farm shop which is said to have some very good supplies.  I wanted to immediately rush...

Have you heard of Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister? If you live in Britain and know anything at all about British politics,...

So thankfully we’ve made it through to another year and people are optimistically stepping forward with lists of objectives and goals;...

I was in the Gospel Tent during New Orleans Jazzfesr sitting next to a young lady with a tattoo of a broken heart with angels wings and...

I really should be working – pulling together the information from today’s meetings, preparing for the next, doing some business...

Earlier today I read an article in The Independent entitled Most Inspiring People in 2009 by Johann Hari.  I would like to add a name to...

In view of the current Climate Change Summit taking place in Copenhagen, I thought I’d share a short poem that I wrote  many moons ago...