Category: Monthly Musing

Many years ago in one of my first jobs, when I was much younger and less inclined to think before speaking, a colleague declared how much she loved her perfume because it reminded her...

It’s often said that in times of despair we are able to draw upon a reserve of strength that will carry us through the darker days. Recently we have seen news articles showing just...

We’re very sociable creatures, us humans. We like to fit in, we like to belong, and it’s good for our well-being. I hadn’t really thought too much about this in recent years, and certainly...

Imagine, for a moment, that we are sitting on a beach or up a mountain on a beautiful summer’s evening. We are watching the stars, imperceptibly moving across the sky as the night becomes...

Unless you’ve got a son or daughter doing their A levels at the moment, the fact that it is University Open Day season has probably passed you by. It’s in full swing in our...

It doesn’t matter where you go or where you live in the world, there’s one thing that connects all of us – and that’s the weather. We joke about the British being obsessed with...