Windflowers

I love Moleskine notebooks, they are so robust, last forever and my particular favourite is the ones with squared paper insi...

Today I passed an unusual sight.  There was an English tourist stamping his feet as if doing a demented version of Morris dancing on a sea...

I can remember my heart sinking at various moments when visiting some friends.  Invariably, you would be having a lovely cup of coffee and...

It is so sweet when homesickness bites to have a visit from loved ones.  It is the greatest antidote to that illness.  This week my Mum an...

A Russian doctor told me that years ago, when in university, the cool look consisted of a bright red suit and carrying a huge mobile phone...

There was a moment that happened in this year’s Olympics where I discovered my own prejudice and was floored.  I’d thought of myself as a...

He was the runt of the litter, that was obvious.  All the rest had already been sold and here was the remaining pedigree black Labrador pu...