Windflowers

  Dear Del, You have been my childhood companion in anorak and swimsuit holidays in the rain.  A constant friend on those first exhilarating...

I had walked along the seafront in Rhodes on my way to tutor a student who lived a good fifty minutes from where I lived.  Not only that, bu...

I was eleven years old when on July 20 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the moon. I remember the awe of that landing ...

It began simply. Over Sunday lunch my mum was trying to tell visiting family members just what she’d done the previous day. However, she ...

Over a hundred and ten years ago an ex-president of the US was shot in the chest by an assailant. Ten years ago, a young schoolgirl in Pakis...

 My Mum is a custodian of epic proportions.  Things from decades even 50 years ago, of worth, are carefully stored.  In her garage, there ar...

I cannot remember when it was first said to me exactly, but I can remember the location. My dad and I were driving up to a forest walk near ...