I am coming towards the end of the summer holiday and as I reconnect with friends and colleagues the inevitable question arises – did I...

Many of us are familiar with the ‘Brit abroad’ trope of a frustrated tourist speaking ever more loudly in English, seemingly unaware that...

The gift of travel is hard to beat. It can’t be returned or left to gather dust on a mantlepiece. It is an invitation to a new...

A few months ago, my son’s school had a bring your child to work day. I happened to be working from home, so we merely walked upstairs...

I recently visited the new CERN Science Gateway . In between looking at exhibits which explore what we know of the origins of life, I...

A friend of mine was recently telling me about her retreat into crime novels as a haven from escalating anxiety about current affairs. It...

I have just finished reading Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit . I had been wanting to read this book for a long time,...

In 1946 George Orwell wrote his essay ‘ Why I Write ’ in which he describes, and reflects on, becoming a writer. In this essay he shares...

In the aftermath of the latest United States presidential election, I have been struck by the airtime given to discussing the naivety of...

It was not long ago that I read Cornel West’s famous line  for the first time: “justice is what love looks like in public.” It was like a...