Jul 8, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Is it me? Our daughter has lived in Japan for the last eight years. She married a Japanese man, has learned the language (this is the girl who tore up her French O Level paper) and loves the life there. Apart from one area. When anything goes wrong in the country it’s...
Jun 18, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Rooted in stone As I write this article Keir Starmer’s future hangs in the balance. Some of the most dreadful election results ever experienced by a political party have left Labour and its leader reeling. 81 MPs have now suggested he either go immediately or set out...
May 3, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Shadowlands My wife told me a story about two social workers who were following up on a report of a child being abused. The house they were called to was in a very smart part of town. The house itself was absolutely immaculate. The parents were very respectable and...
Apr 7, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Light in a dark world It’s been a pretty bleak year weather wise so far. Every morning seems to present us with banks of unremitting black clouds often accompanied by driving rain or a blanket of mist. The weather seems to have really affected people. People that I...
Mar 11, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Controlling the dog In a recent letter to the President of Norway, Donald Trump stated that “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace” . I’m not going...
Feb 12, 2026 | 2025 Reflections
Be the voice A Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you had a great Christmas. Big question is have you eaten all the chocolate? We are just about done, although there is a box of strange tasting marzipan chocolates lurking about. Talking of chocolate the first...
