Beware of being plucked from obscurity by a talent show to international stardom. Few people can handle the pressure of celebrity,...

When you are warned that a powerful hurricane is just hours away, you react.  It seems that most Floridians took heed and wisely moved to...

Well here we are, in our hotel in what the locals call ‘le Boulevard du Crime,’ not an area of Paris we know very well and from its...

In my defence I knew I was taking a risk but even so, a risk worth taking.    A brand-new operating system was offered by Apple for my...

What happens when you can’t think of anything to blog about?    Well, that’s the situation I find myself in this morning.  It’s been a...

It was a strange time waiting to be wheeled into theatre.  Even more so as I read that morning’s headline: Thousands dying due to NHS...

Why risk your life through base jumping off a cliff or cycle at speed along a narrow mountain ridge?  We’ve seen the videos on social...

It’s not that surprising really, given who he is, but we often find God in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected...

Ever since the Southport horrors I’ve been thinking a lot about the power, the reality of cosmic evil.  The killings themselves – how...

One of the key moments in my life:  A-level results day.   All these years later I can still vividly recall the tension as our headmaster...

Halo a dhaoine,   That’s Gaelic.  For the simple reason that this blog is being sent from Mallaig, the rather rainy port on the west...

The tragedy of the Southport dance class stabbings is that it was utterly senseless.  There seems no accounting for the truly evil...

A remarkable performance, by any standards.  But what made it truly memorable was the conversation as we prepared to file out from the...

“Britain’s most dynamic churches are evangelical congregations whose conservative moral values are directly at odds with the liberal...

An amazing goal, of course. And at 89.59. So it was no surprise that virtually immediately Ollie Watkins was named Man of the Match. Even...

So we have a new Government. And more to the point, the transition will be seamless.  Our outgoing Prime Minister gives a farewell speech...

So you spray Stonehenge with orange powder paint, or disrupt the graduation ceremony at your local university, or throw yourself in front...

I hate slugs. I hate slugs because I love dahlias, and here in our garden there exists a state of open warfare between me and these...

Lots happening at the moment. The General Election, of course:  just three weeks to go.  Also the French elections provides continuous...

“The entire sea was filled with ships, whichever way you looked and as far as the eye could see  We knew we couldn’t possibly fail!” Some...