Her smile helped me escape their onslaught. Sinking in to her presence was akin to bathing in soft golden light - such a delight after...

She overtook us as we walked past the olde world shops, just where they give way to the lush green graveyard surrounding the thousand...

I got a subtle telling off this morning in that delightful English manner. There was a tap on the door and it being before 9am on a...

“Morning Quasimodo!” Camilla laughed as I hobbled into the bedroom bearing a giant mug of tea for her. Sometimes as I mount two flights...

My wife is 33 today, that I’m 73 makes me a child stealer. Indeed, in the brief time when I once taught ‘A’ Level students, she could...

I left the gallery charged after perhaps the sixth or seventh real conversation I have had, face to face with anyone but Camilla or her...

Dear President Biden, Whilst we know you do not intend to obliterate the world, your condemnation of Putin has provoked a powerful yet...

She stepped towards our dark blue car and peered at her reflection, so I said, “Ha, a pink unicorn, can I stroke it?” And she leaned...

I met my inner Putin as I crossed the empty road by our ancient market square and had to speed up as a car shot downhill towards me. I...

Written on Friday. 8.42 am. Whoopie! I am between projects and it feels strange to have nothing to sit down to first thing in the...

Looking out over the ambulances lined up below, I shiver. Surrounded by the sick, in the hands of caring staff, I still shivered even...

As the sun’s warmth soothes my skin here upon a beach in East Devon, it feels impossible that people are suffering, that individuals as...

As a young man, I assumed old age would provide gentle wisdom and tolerable health, imaginative projects and a warm community. How much...

Half full, quite empty? That is the question. I met a person who was devastated that they had lost their job due to catching Covid, but...

Somebody reacted with anger when I said that I am black inside, white outside. The person was white and said I was living in a dreamworld...

We had to get out, poor Camilla needed a lift and hearing that the sun was out by the sea, after months of a low grey sky, we sped away....

Seeking a New Year’s resolution which will have a profound impact on your life? Try Capacity. It is the buzz word for 2022. Not heard...

25th Dec Imagine this on Christmas Day. You have invited friends to eat lunch today and last night, their mother arrived on their...

This morning in our small market town, Camilla returned laden with produce. “They were lining up outside the butchers, in the fruit&veg I...

The wind whipping up my dressing gown was chilly, the Black-down Hills were blacked out, the two hills rising from this small market town...