Anticipation is a huge part of Christmas, and memories add to it. I remember carol singing at Christmas. Groups of the braver kids would go round the estate, singing “Hark…

One of my precious possessions as a four year-old was a knife. About twelve inches long, it was made of soft white alloy, a toy rather than a knife in…

I can’t help comparing the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held last weekend, and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, two weeks previous. Both…

On Sunday 19th June I spoke in a Fathers Day service. My sermon was based on this post which I had already worked on. If you were at church in…

In May my daughter Beth and her husband Michael flew from California to spend several weeks with us. One of Beth’s tasks was to sort out a mountain of stuff…

 In June of 1953 at six years old I had no interest in the Coronation. Couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. Only one house in our street had…

 When I was a young lad, I wore short trousers. So did every other little boy. In fact, most boys didn’t get their first pair of long trousers until they…

Fifteen or twenty years ago I was at a training meeting in Berlin. One evening a trivial event occurred. A few of us were walking from the meeting to our…

Resisting Evil If I write about anything else this week, it’ll be squashed by the elephant in the room. So, a few thoughts  on the Ukraine tragedy. A little historical…

Preparing the Base Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous artists of all time, perhaps the most famous. He was also a great inventor, engineer and scientist, a…