It all started after a triathlete friend said I had to get a regular massage if I was really keen about running, and wanted to prevent the injuries I seemed to keep getting. What I really needed was a full-body massage for an hour on a regular basis. I suppose I could have afforded to [...]

Not too long ago I spent the night sleeping on the floor of a North Devon primary school hall, literally surrounded by sixty children all under the age of eleven. It was one of the many fundraising activities put on by Bratton Fleming Primary School, as part of their efforts to raise money for the [...]

It’s been so long that I’ve had a father in my life that I rarely think about what it would be like if I had one, but today I had one of those moments quite out of the blue. I wanted to know where the stopcock was in our new house (granted, I generally do [...]