Cala Pedrosa on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, 7 September 2022. In September 2022 I was lucky to return to Catalonia and to the…
On the cliffs above the Praia do Tonel, with Cabo de São Vicente in the distance. I have long thought that Portugal is partially what…
The Ionian Sea as seen from Agios Mattheos mountain, Corfu, Greece Here are 10 tactless things people said when my Dad was ill with metastatic…
Boisterous boys on the beach WRITTEN ON 23 AUGUST 2017 Two boisterous little boys on the beach. — My Uncle Colin (left) and my Dad…
Me as an unselfconscious toddler WRITTEN ON 16 NOVEMBER 2016 The singer Adele is reported to have said ‘I have insecurities of course, but I…