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

“These are the decisions of a prime minister in a hurry’” observes BBCs political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, of our new prime minister. ...

As we await the third episode of Line of Duty, I regret not taking notes during the first four series. The genius of Jed Mercurio’s...

Each Tuesday at Ormskirk's Park pool Sarah tries to drown me. I now know her technique. To begin with she aims to tire me out through...

“But we don’t need another ice rink,” Jacqui patiently explained to me. “I know,” I replied, showing even more patience, “But it’s...

Often our most powerful weapon – especially when we are taking on the strongholds of this world – is our weakness. We may face a heavily...

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...

I relish short cuts. I’m not just talking about turning right onto Blindman’s Lane to avoid the FiveWays junction. I’m talking about...

28 June, 1914. We mark the centenary tomorrow. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife by Gavrilo...

A spare tyre means, if I can quote Maya Angelou completely out of context, “hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised...

This blog comes to you thanks to imigran, from the laboratories of GlaxoSmithKline, for which I praise God. At about 5.00 am this...

Q How do you damage, even destroy, a church? A Give it a £1million. That’s what happened to a friend’s church – not in...

Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble, all loins quake, all faces grow pale! This week it’s Nahum...

This desk is a mess. So before I do anything else, it needs tidying. As Mr Aspinall taught me in primary school: “A tidy desk means a...