As headlines go, it’s pretty stark. ONE BRIT DIES EVERY 13 MINUTES. The Sun, of course, has form when it comes to arresting headlines. ...

Today – 20 iii 20 – could be the last Friday for some time, at least the Friday we have become accustomed to, as the schools close and...

Timing is everything. Ernie loved his stay in rural Shropshire, so very different from his home in Everton. In fact, the Shropshire...

The ice-cream consumers of Port Arthur, Texas, can sleep easy in their beds tonight, knowing that D'Adrien Anderson, 24, is behind bars. ...

VIRUS PANIC! proclaims this morning’s Daily Mirror while at the other end of the news spectrum, the Financial Times, offers a longer...

Y You had to laugh! I came in yesterday hoping to catch the BBC News at Six. However, no joy – our television wasn’t working. And then...

“Come on, Victor! You can do it!” With just 10 metres to the finish line, my heart sank as one of the marshals shouted encouragement. ...

Doing my 9k run yesterday morning I came across the first litter picker on Swanpool Lane at precisely 1k. Then just 300 metres later, at...

A fascinating meeting yesterday with a self-confessed Nerd. I’ve always associated the term nerd with computer geeks, entirely focussed...

Hola! As it happens I am writing this blog from outside the European Union. Just like the land of my forebears (i.e. the IOM) and the...

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Travelling through this world below There is no sickness, no toil, nor danger In that bright land...

Late start today. Kevin turned off the power. That’s his job for Utility Warehouse as he installs new 2nd generation smart meters for...

What’s it like to lose everything? Just after my ordination a good friend, an experienced insurance assessor, offered his advice on...

You may not realise it – such it the effect of Christmas on our regular weekly routines – that today is Friday. Blog day. Mind you...

Mangers, of course, are dangerous. I learnt this a few years back when I asked one of our local farmers for the loan of a manger in...

Late start this morning. Our country may be experiencing a seismic shift but a granddaughter’s school nativity play always has the...

This morning I shall be nervously standing by the phone. You may laugh, but it seems that my lifetime ambition to be the player-manager...

I’ve made it so far to page 759, that’s 1¾ inches. For the past five years, I now realise, I have been ploughing my way through N.T....

“If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: 'To fight against Fascism,' and if you had asked me what I was...

“Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience,” reflected American novelist Madeleine L'Engle. “I slowly moved into an...