Pandora's Box

After attending a productive out of the office meeting towards the end of last week, I walked to the nearest train station to catch a tra...

A good friend of mine recently told me a story. She wasn't very happy and asked me what I thought the truth was. I said that in my opi...

It seems only fitting that as we gain an hour this weekend, to write a piece about time, or more notably, time travel. I am fascinated b...

Human Rights piece for Blog Action Day, October 16, 2013. There have been many moments in my life when I had wished I had spoken-up. O...

For Red, because she has beautiful hair, and because l made her walk too fast on the way to the party. It is incredibly rare to achieve...

When I was in year six of primary school (that's the fourth year in old money), I was in a play called You Can't Stop Progress ....

I can remember the day Child One was born as if it were yesterday. Well, to be absolutely correct, it was a night actually. And there she ...

Having just placed an online shopping order for the first time in many years this evening, has reminded me of a hilarious incident that on...

I have no idea why I am scared of heights, but I am. The very thought of being in a high-rise building seems an unnatural state of being to...

In 1975 I was the same age as my son is now. During that year, a film was released which would probably affect me, more than any othe...

I am not a good drinker. So, I don't drink. Okay , I may have lied a bit, as I don't mind the odd glass or two of something . U...

Have you ever fainted? If you have, you'll know just how horrible it is. One minute you're fine, and then the next, you star...

There's a little ditty They're singing in the city............. I have noticed of late, a rather alarming stream of repetitive...

In 1977, I became a teenager. I was a pretty shy and retiring one at that. I was painfully self-conscious about all the changes that we...

Let's face it, it's a given isn't it, that we live, and probably always will do, in a society, and sadly a world, that is, an...