A Letter from Home

 I regularly have what I call 'non-sleeping' nights. Generally I put on my 'cozy-phones' and listen to a talking book, or th...

 I'm back to playing my Roland digital harpsichord again - it's probably been gathering dust for nearly a year, but what with one t...

 I don't normally go off on a rant, at least, not on this blog, but our latest Health Minister, Sajid Javid, tweeted this yesterday even...

Woke up to thunder and rain. What a relief after the last few days. We had taken a gamble on not watering the garden last night, and this ti...

 Every so often I have what I call 'a non-sleeping night'. So then I listen to the World Service, or a podcast, or a talking book, o...

 I've kept a Common Place Book for a number of years. I was originally inspired by John Julius Norwich's 'Still More Christmas C...