Although I am a self confessed motormouth, somebody who has never shied away from proffering an opinion on absolutely anything, I have never resorted to protest.
There is more than a fortnight to go before Easter but I would put a family pack of hot cross buns on the fact that many of you have already scoffed at least one chocolate egg this year.
I was in Washington DC for meetings at the end of last week, including one at the White House which took place in the office in which President Nixon was recorded in the Watergate scandal.
We should be leaving the European Union this Friday, 29th March, but instead it turned out to be another week of high Parliamentary drama with the debate generating more heat than light.
Fine English antique furniture still represents remarkable value for money and provides the opportunity to own something made of the finest materials, combining beauty with practicality.
My first experience of alien lifeforms came at the cinema aged five, when my Old Man took me to see E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, one of the finest blockbusters ever made.
This week I am in the company of the Sussex based artisan artist, Mary Crabb, as she prepares to run a series of workshops in the art of Basketry at the Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester.
Sunday, March 24, is World TB Day. I campaign for action to tackle this curable disease which still unnecessarily kills 1.6 million people a year - more than HIV AIDS and malaria combined.
There’s a bit of a medical theme going on here at the moment. Life in Sussex necessarily requires a lot more physicality than life in the city did – particularly since our rescue dog, Bessie, joined the family.
Last week marked a key anniversary in the history of the modern world. It was widely observed by beard stroking deep thinkers who listen to Radio 4 around the clock but did you celebrate it?
