Filling up the coffers
It’s time to go to work. My interest in being a full time parent/ teacher/ carer/ minder/ playmate/ bottle washer/…
A coral cradle
The instructor pointed at my son, gently swimming over the wreck of the WWII US warship 3 metres below us,…
The Accidental dinner party
The 1805 Pullman Service to Penzance in Cornwall departs every weekday evening from platform four at London’s Paddington Station. It…
The 1805 Pullman car from Paddington to Penzance
Time to go! The whistle’s blow, The starched linen, the liveried crew, Dancing down the aisle to serve you. Entrée…
We are all TV stars now
As a rule, I prefer face to face. But right now, all of our worlds are on the screen. And…
Second time around – the benefits of being a father again
I have a three year old daughter. I also have a 26 year old son, a 24 year old son…
Zoom
Yuval Harari, the Israeli academic and hero of mine, said in an interview with Channel 4 news recently, that his…
The wages of s(p)in
So Boris is in intensive care. The reports emanating from Russia Today that he was on a ventilator yesterday after…
The Russia House
BBC Newsnight 2018. The presenter declares Russia to be “our principal enemy”. In the sleeping district of Hove, Sussexski, we…
Catching the last flight
The Vulcan bomber. Possibly the most beautiful military aircraft ever built. Certainly the noisiest. It was the aircraft which patrolled…