Opinion

Earlier this month I visited The Haven in Henfield to see how a National Lottery award has helped to fund the expansion of the village’s community hub.

Half of the people in the UK will develop cancer at some point throughout their lives. Whilst this is a dreadful statistic, we are getting much better at diagnosing and treating this disease.

Few farmers voted for Brexit believing it would deliver a land of ‘Milk and Honey’.

Brangwyn in Horsham has just opened at the Horsham Museum and Art Gallery and it is an exceptional exhibition.

We all have our pet hates, things that make us as hot under the collar as a Jeremy Corbyn disciple watching BBC Question Time.

Last Friday saw a welcome break from Brexit if you can believe it… to consider Private Members Bills.

With only six weeks until Brexit is due on March 29 I thought it would be helpful to explain what MPs are currently saying and what they really mean.

The National Trust’s landmark exhibition Prized Possessions has just returned from The Mauritshuis museum in the Hague to Petworth House in Sussex.

As we enter the final stages of the Brexit negotiations tensions are rising as experienced negotiators believe that a deal will be done at the eleventh hour.

This week I attended a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group to discuss the Government’s Rail Review.

Having survived January with its cold, yet often ‘dry’ conditions, we now progress joyously into the grey and damp of February.

Like most self opinionated journalists, the words ‘I am very sorry, I was wrong” are very hard for me to come by.

This week I am in the company of the musician and Artistic Director of the Shipley Arts Festival, Andrew Bernardi, as he prepares to launch the festival’s 2019 program of concerts across the Horsham district and beyond.

This week, to mark Holocaust Memorial day, I had the honour of welcoming Simon Gronowski and members of his family to Parliament.

Sunday, February 10, sees this year’s BAFTA ceremony take place.

This week the House of Commons clarified its view on Brexit.

Devoted Doctor and I have been discussing the nature of friendship.