Big beasts don’t have to be brutes
The elephant, weighing perhaps six tons, is the largest animal on earth. Yet this favourite of creatures is one of the most gentle and...
Have you built your bunker yet?
Has the thought yet crossed your mind, dear reader, about building a bunker in your back garden or underneath your house? In this weird...
‘Messin’ around in the river …’
We didn’t know too much growing up in the 1950s. We knew what was on the wireless; what we would be allowed listen to...
Writing releases a rare rapture
One of the most frequent questions I am asked is; ‘how do you come up with something different to write about every week’. My...
What a difference a century makes!
You Can’t Be Serious
Do you know something? Of course you do. Do you know what I am about to tell you? How could you...
