Time is like the weather system. It has patterns, storm seasons with electric charges. Memory. The arctic wind brushes a molten sun making of it a golden drop of frozen gold. Breath beats the window Read more [...]
Above All Things.
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Two Princes for the Price of One. A letter to Meghan Markle.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will marry at St George’s Chapel in Windsor today so I think I will write Meghan a letter. Dear Meghan, Hope you're well and congratulations. There's another Read more [...]
A Winning Case
I'm tired.I have won my case against Wigan Council and I should be happy but I am just tired. I have been awarded a six figure sum. I will receive a written apology and my files will be returned to Read more [...]
Something beginning with you.
In 2016 a blind man waited patiently in the book signing queue. “I’m Blind Al” he said “And I have practised Buddhism for many years and I’ve written a short poem and I would like to Read more [...]
To Raise A Child
Stephen Ucembe watched as the head of his mother separated from her body. “It was on the floor over there” he said with an involuntary nod to the foreground. She was breastfeeding his baby brother. Read more [...]
Who is your Woman of the Year?
Nicky Wake is Managing Director of Don't Panic - an events management and awards company based in the North West of England. She is focussed, warm and kind-hearted. Earlier this year her husband Read more [...]
The pilot and the poet. The pen pals.
At 13.45pm today BBC Radio 4 will broadcast Pen Pals. It's a series celebrating the phenomenon of the international pen pal. When the producer approached me a year ago I chose my penpal, a pilot from Read more [...]
A personal letter from The Prime Minister on Christmas Day.
A personal letter from the prime minister on Christmas day and a Points of Light Award. Read more [...]
All The Christmases in all the world.
I'm eating breakfast at The Chancellors Hotel on Christmas Eve because this year I'm attending The Manchester Christmas Dinner. Whoop Whoop This is a movement. The Christmas Dinners are lighting up Read more [...]
The Past Four Days: From England to Ethiopia and back.
It could be said, family is a group of people constantly proving that each other exists. It could be said, family is a collection of memories disputed between one group of people over a lifetime. I blog Read more [...]