I drove down to Tiverton yesterday, as I have talks booked at four schools in the area: The Castle, Sampford Peverell, Bickleigh, and Bolham primary schools. The weather driving down was dreadful in some places — I found myself going at only 45 miles per hour on the motorway at some points. But today is [...]

Divorce petitions are strange documents to fill out if you’re both agreeing to everything and are managing the breakup amicably. Firstly only one of you can apply for the divorce, which seems very odd to me if it is something that you both want — surely there are enough people divorcing and remaining friends to [...]

Last week I was contacted by someone whose friend was in a coma in a hospital in Japan — the poor guy has been living in Japan for five years but is from the UK. When his parents arrived they found it so difficult to overcome the language barrier that they decided to get him [...]

After your marriage has broken down surely there are going to be two occasions that you approach with a certain amount of unease: being a guest at someone else’s wedding, and your own wedding anniversary. In my case, I was invited to attend my first wedding since my separation, on what would have been my [...]