Christmas dilemmas but lights on the horizon

We anticipate Christmas like having a slow cooking stew building up slowly to a delightful mixture of appetising aromas that whet the appetite. This year, because of covid, we are faced with balancing the decision to follow our hearts and spend the Christmas period with others or staying safe at

The two faces of politics

The trouble with politics is that it all depends on your point of view. The current brouhaha over the recent behaviour of Dominic Cummings, the UK Prime Minister’s specialist adviser is a case in point. The facts are fairly simple and have been widely reported in the mainstream media. Mr Cummings drove his wife andContinue reading “The two faces of politics”

Paths and destinations

We went most summers to Devon when I was a child. My uncle owned a farm with land extending from inland pasture right to the edge of the cliffs overlooking the sea. I remember in sharp detail the walk from the farmyard to the beach. At the start the path was bordered by stone wallsContinue reading “Paths and destinations”