We live in unsettled and unsettling times. We’ve just voted in an election no one was expecting and no one knows whether those elected...

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

“If God is dead,” mused Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “then everything is permitted.” (Actually, I now find out he didn’t say that – only that...

To spend your life avoiding failure is a sure route to becoming a failure. This week I came across a fascinating article examining how...

Not much time this morning – I have a breakfast date with Santa as we take Kate and Tess to school. Grandad rule #1 – never be late for...