Things fall apart. We have been stripping wallpaper in our house and have discovered that in many places it is all paper and no wall. Some of the old paper is very pretty, but when the paper is holding up the wall, it’s time to get a new wall. I cannot plaster a wall, so …
A man came to my house last weekend, canvassing for the local elections. Big mistake. By and large I do not want to talk on the doorstep. But when it’s politics, a visit from my local councillor is a red rag to a bull and I’ll talk. I mean I’ll really talk. To his vast …
I did my back in this week. On Monday I went for a run and I was fine. On Tuesday I went climbing with my son Silas and I was fine. And then, suddenly, I wasn’t. I don’t know exactly what I did, but when I sat down I found I couldn’t stand up. Getting …