What's so special about Wimbly?
Wimbledon has just announced that its grass courts have been opened. It’s 47 days until the All England Club throws wide its gates once...
Adult colouring is hip, but can we really call it art therapy?
Last year, a soon-to-be-father bought his expectant fiancé a colouring book, hoping it might relax her in the run-up to labour. “I...
Nothing but the truth
During my journalism studies, I loved getting my teeth into ethics discussions, so after watching Ron Lurie’s 2008 film Nothing but the...
Every day's a school day
Isn’t it great that no matter how old we get, we never stop having to learn? We never stop having to do things for the first time. Like...
On writing - ahem, quite well
I am currently reading – Scratch that. I don’t need the word “currently.” Simplify. Begin again. I am reading On Writing Well: The...
Tennis is in trouble
All hail Andy Murray. The blessed Scot not only delighted a nation in 2013 by bringing home the first British Wimbledon crown in 77...
London bubbles
How often do you get to walk along London’s Southbank amid an array of bubbles? Perhaps not everyday, but perhaps we rarely notice them....
Digging for joy
I am standing in a den of treasure. Ceiling-high bookcases line one wall with small trinkets and ornaments, hundreds of years old,...
Image conscience
They say never discuss politics, religion or sex at a dinner party. Or in some cases: miserable looking tennis players. Last Saturday...
Finding meaning in bathroom tiles
Recently, I walked into a shop hoping to find some bathroom tiles, and walked out with an epiphany. I was in Lincoln, England. My...
