What would you consider to be “the most momentous technical advance in history?” Quite a question! Vaclav Smil, a Canadian academic and...

“Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary. What he has to teach you could...

A key moment in the Party at the Palace was when the full glory of Joseph's technicolour dreamcoat was displayed, the highlight of the...

“Lord, bless this mess” prayed the late David Watson as he considered his leadership of his church in York, a church which was to have...

“Incredible! headlines this morning’s Daily Express. In fact, every newspaper this morning – the Guardian, the Financial Times and even...

Bonjour! We always enjoy visiting M. Baranger. As a vigneron, he produces the most exquisite of wines, especially the regional Cabernet...

This blog comes to you from a unique location, from where the very first Allied opposed landing took place during WW2. And it’s not in...

I write: “There was a young man from Hong Kong.” And you immediately start to compose a line with eight syllables concluding with a word...

Sadly I wrote out the address with the familiar postcode probably for the last time. Over the years wherever we go – even if just for...

If you want to get really depressed, read 2 Kings, the book in the Old Testament which covers the final years of the kingdoms of Israel...

It either happened, or it didn’t. There is simply no middle ground. To quote the American novelist, John Updike, “Let us not mock God...

Did Jesus die in despair? Moments before his last breath the dying Jesus summons up his rapidly-ebbing strength to shout “Eloi, Eloi,...

I know the procedure well. Mobile phones, power pack, kindle and contigo insulated mugs with fresh coffee; this time, just in case,...

It should have been an early start today, but alas not. I was due to walk the final leg of the Gritstone Trail but sadly Alan, our...

“The first step on the way to victory,” observed Corrie Ten Boom, “ is to recognize the enemy.” She should know, having been...

And then suddenly this woman, on hearing my name, embraced me warmly. There on the pavement, at the corner of Clifton Road and Church...

I stood transfixed, as I unloaded the shopping yesterday, watching the aerial dogfight above our house. The two buzzards, who nest at...

For those of you who did not tune into Radio 3 yesterday for the evening concert by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, you missed...

It was in the heady days of the so-called peace dividend. We’re talking about the early 1990’s. The Berlin Wall had been breached and...

We await the arrival of Eunice, the calm before the storm. As I write this outside seems perfectly calm, the trees stand still and no...