[Image courtesy of DEMOSH at Flickr Creative Commons] Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, we’re heading for another general election here in the UK. It’s the the third time in just over two […]

[Image courtesy of frankieleon at Flickr Creative Commons] Last week, on the day that Article 50 was finally invoked, I left the country. The timing was entirely coincidental, of course, as I’d booked my holiday well before the fateful date […]

[Image courtesy of Pawel Loj at Flickr Creative Commons] My friend F, who’s almost completed a course in counselling, sent me a couple of her recent essays to read. A train journey to London was the perfect opportunity to get […]

I had dinner with a friend a few weeks ago. We’d both forgotten it was Valentine’s Day, as it figures on neither of our radars. So we were were surrounded by couples gazing adoringly at each other, and our candlelit […]

[Image courtesy of Gage Skidmore at Flickr Creative Commons] “Trump!” harrumphed my friend over her Caesar salad. She almost made it sound like a swear word, and waited for me to commiserate.  I pointed out that whatever people thought, he […]