Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…
At a round of golf sometime back in the 1960s, one of the group of players decided to share some apples he had brought along. They were good apples, recalled…
Friday 9 November My connection to the Great War is tenuous â a great uncle I never met fought somewhere in France and survived. He lost an arm in the…
I have a brain tumour. I havenât thought about it in years, but recent press headlines surrounding the untimely death of socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson made me remember that itâs probably…
When I married in 1977, we didnât have a wedding gift list. Starting married life in a rented flat, we were grateful for everything we got â and the usual…
Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…
I was at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a morning recently and I heard just one case. This wasn’t because of any legal complexities, requiring hours of heated debate, stretching beyond…
Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…
I was at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a morning recently and I heard just one case. This wasn’t because of any legal complexities, requiring hours of heated debate, stretching beyond…