The Hearth of Mopsus

It would have been nice to have gone to Robbie and Freida's housewarming, but it was in Bedfordshire and the rail strikes made the whole...

A familiar kind of encounter for me yesterday with a longstanding member of the church who, to all appearances, is about to leave this world...

My visit to London yesterday had three purposes: to plot out the route for my proposed next history walk; to pop to the Victoria Library for...

Returning to work after a fortnight’s break in the Autumn is always a bit of a rude awakening for me: no matter how much activity I may have...

The length of time that has elapsed since I last saw Ms Rainbowshunt is demonstrated by the fact that, on Thursday 25th when I did see her, ...

When my intended Autumn trip to a folly in South Wales fell through thanks to epidemic restrictions I was extremely  lucky to find an altern...

  It is said that one of the topics which radio news programmes can always count on to arouse rage and vituperation is cycling. In fact  jus...

We were determined to drag ourselves to the capital for Reptile's New Year's Eve party, as for residents living out beyond the sub...

Friends of mine live in North Berwick. I was there last week and one evening went out and sat on the beach to watch the sun set. For some st...

I went to make my Advent confession on Monday. The snow is melting now, but two days ago it still lay deep and thick if not very even across...