Seven of us gathered together in Jane Saunderson’s lovely wooden lodge, located at the rear of her equally delightful autumnal… Read more

This might sound a bit callous, but I don’t know what has been more shocking for me today: watching footage… Read more

 Alexandra Pope is co-founder of the Red School and co-author of Wild Power. Alexandra and her co-founder and co-author Sjanie… Read more

The Shropshire Canal, affectionately called the Shroppie, has turned into one of the highlights of the journey so far. Not… Read more

It’s not easy to know how to open up conversations with someone who is dying There is often awkwardness, embarrassment… Read more

Colin died on Monday 7th September 2020. ‘I have always been interested in engines and vehicles’ says sixty-five-year old retired… Read more

After announcing this morning that Nelson Mandela has been admitted into hospital for tests, BBC Radio 4 News continued by… Read more

Thankfully, very few of us have ever witnessed or been through what journalist Alan Pearce has experienced. Apart from covering… Read more

It’s Valentine’s Day.  A card arrives on the early morning tea tray. I clasp my hands to my bosom and exclaim,… Read more

Jane Morrell and Simon Smith set up Green Fuse twenty years ago. It’s been a long journey from setting up in… Read more

Taking part in a discussion with eldercare campaigner Marion Shoard on Woman’s Hour yesterday was one of the scarier moments of my life. … Read more

Jamie Catto is the founder member of Faithless, the highly successful world music band. Jamie is also a life-challenging personal… Read more

There are certain signs when illness or old age has tipped into a preparation for death. The dying may feel… Read more

For the past few days I have had a beautiful mooring under the dappled shade of a gorgeous plane tree,… Read more

As soon as Dr Alan Hugenot finished school, he was drafted into the Vietnam War and joined the navy. This… Read more

The Womanologist Dion Johnston is Bristolian by birth, born to Jamaican immigrants. She says she feels very fortunate to have… Read more

Sitting on Mystic Moon in Limehouse Basin on a gloriously sunny evening, pinching myself to make sure I am not… Read more

I found myself surprisingly disturbed as I listened on BBC i-player to Roisin McAuley’s absorbing BBC Radio 4 documentary, Leaving Mr Wrong… Read more