Kara and I have been road-testing the pre-teen/early teen comic the Phoenix. Here’s what we think of it […]
First we had a national lockdown to combat Covid-19. Then we introduced regional lockdowns and a three-tier system. […]
You know you’re getting old when you mention something from your formative years to your children and they […]
Two more weeks have passed and it looks like we have a long and difficult winter ahead, as […]
Time flies, as the saying goes. So, too, does childhood. The passage of time is a funny thing. […]
We’re now nearly two weeks into this new … what are we supposed to call it, anyway? ‘Not-a-lockdown’? […]
And so it begins again. I closed the book on my lockdown journals barely a month ago. Now […]
Music has always been a big part of my life. And I’m delighted that it’s a big part […]
Yesterday, exactly 25 weeks – 175 days – after his last pre-lockdown day, Isaac finally returned to school. […]
Is reaching the age of 50 that big a deal? Or is age just a number? What comes […]
Back to School 2020. In this of all years, it should have felt distinctly different to previous years. […]
And now the end is near. Or is it? With life fast returning to normal, peak holiday season […]