April 1st and off we go – dreaming up tricks and making up tall tales, sticking cling film over the loo seat, spreading rumours of sheep...

For crying out loud, you know I love you... Who of us has not lost one we loved? We all understand the shock and pain of grief. It’s a personal response, a private struggle. Yet human behaviour can astound us with its shabby ‘enjoyment’ of others’ sorrow. We have to endure TikTok onlookers without tact or decent human empathy, endless social media speculation, analysis of facial expression, jibber jabber on whether the bereaved display ‘correct’ levels of grief. And then ther

DO'S & DONT'S for Valentine's Day I think we can all agree that Shakespeare has a lot to say on the subject of love. And on Cupid....

Memory tells me that in my childhood every winter was snowy, in particular Christmas. This is of course nonsense. Rose-tinted – or...