I have spent the best part of a week back where my parents live and also the small town where I grew up. The town is nothing special, in fact…

In the past I have often wondered how far a loving subject would go if a mother knew that her child had comitted a hideous crime? Today I read of…

Sometimes when life has battered you into near submission you need to escape and draw breath. Go to a place that feels as part of you as the land. Remove…

It is not every so often that journalists exhaust the dictionary with their praise of human achievement but in the last week this has been the case. ‘Brilliant’, ‘Sensational’, ‘Superb’…

I have always been fascinated by mythical or mysterious creatures that have spawned legendary tales for decades. One of which is Bigfoot. So my ears somewhat pricked up when I…

These are taken from a book I am reading about some bizzare ways people have died In 1993, Sipho Mdletshe was declared dead after being in a road traffic accident…

Whilst eating in my local pub today I had the fortune of picking up someones discarded newspaper. As I read about the ongoing Russia/Georgian war and the Olympics I turned…

Do you know something that really makes me angry? I’ll tell you. Everyone has their right to walk past a homeless person. There is no obligation to give money to…

Why do some people just want to rush into love? They make commitments, say things that they cannot mean and make assumptions that are just unfair on someone who is…