Beggars have become a regular feature of most towns and cities in the UK these days, though I have to admit that few of them exhibit the ...

San Casciano is a beautiful little hillside town to the West of Chiusi, in Tuscany. It has intricate little streets, a fantastic view ove...

There are some phrases in English which strike terror into my heart. One of them is 'I could tell you some stories!' especially when anno...

It was the early 90s and there was a group of us working on a project in Milton Keynes who were all staying in the same hotel in the old ...

I think it was in the 70s, that Germany banned Tom and Jerry cartoons. The argument was that their portrayal of violence wasn’t realistic...

It was early in the year 2020 when the powers that be declared 'There shall be a lockdown' and a terrible darkness fell on the land. It d...

It’s about 7 am on a bleak rainy Manchester morning. As I was getting myself ready for whatever the day might bring, I went to the small ...

I have a nice Faber-Castell Fountain pen called an Ambition. You used to be able to buy 'Resolve' in capsule form. So please tell me, why...