Not that I knew it at the time but Frank and I shared the same bedroom. I only discovered this a few years back when I googled the...

“Don’t leave it too late to die” counsels the quietly efficient Sister Gilchrist of her patients in the newly-renamed Shirley Bassey ward....

Why do Christians eat bacon? This theological question surfaced just after my muesli with fresh fruit and yoghurt. I was enjoying my...

Hi folks, This is going to be my longest blog ever. About 9000 kilometres long. For Jacqui and I are currently flying from Perth WA to...

G'day folks, Here in Australia I have just discovered a new tribe: the grey nomads. And there are now tens of thousands of them,...

G'day folks, Pressing the correct button in a lift can for some of us be a challenge. Staying in a rather upmarket hotel in the...

w If this blog seems a little bumpy, it's because I'm writing this on the bus between Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise! Brian could read...

G'day folks, Walking along the Mount in Heswall I notice that the young man coming towards me is carrying the book "Chasing the Dragon"...

'We were just tourists in Salisbury.' The men known to us as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshiro were clearly spinning us a tale but...

“Finally,” concludes Stanisław Aronson in an excellent article in Wednesday’s Guardian, “Do not ever imagine that your world cannot...

Late start today. Apologies. The reason is I’ve been hunting for lost things. First, Jacqui with an appointment at 9.00 couldn’t find...

Cows are more dangerous than sharks. I already knew that, having been attacked 28 years ago by a cow while on a run through fields near...

This week I am busy collecting stress points. In fact, today I have already collected at least 25 and it’s not even 9.00 am. The reason...

Ilsa: “You don't understand what you are involved in.” Ethan: “I don't understand what I'm involved in? “I don't understand what I'm...

You may not have realised it yet – my apologies – but today is a Saturday. I say that because for the first time in about 20 years I...

This year it’s going to be different. Tomorrow Jacqui and I travel the 200 miles or so to Shepton Mallet in Somerset, to the Royal Bath...

We are in the midst of a public health emergency, according to Labour MP Sarah Jones This follows the publication yesterday for...

Had we made the Final, I’m not sure I would have coped with the tension. It was bad enough in 1966. Such was the stress I remember...

“Archbishop: I don't pray for my daughter's disability.” This is the headline for an excellent piece on this morning’s BBC’s news site...

Question: your wife is away for two nights and you have a whole day for yourself. What does a bloke do? Answer: you go on a circuitous...