https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4430842.run-bagley-wood/? Reptiles, my latest novel starts with Toad Patrol in Bagley Woods. In this pic, I’m wear my high viz jacket but the month wasn’t appropriate, the amphibians move at the end of February and in March. This
ONLY CONNECT There is a glimmer of hope with the ceasefire in Gaza although given, Netanyahu unilaterally ending the last one, the world can’t trust him. Trust is so important and it comes through connecting with mutual respect and showing,
Screenshot by Zoe Broughton Tonight is the iconic Last Night of the Proms. Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of Rule Britannia, they sang for the people of Gaza. The composer Malcolm Atkins and I have kicked
My reaction to Keir Starmer stating ( as a response to a question by Douglas Alexander) that the British Empire was a "force for good in the world", is the same as my reaction to him supporting Israel when it began to
The Fifties: Don't romanticise them not even on Valentine’s Day! Yesterday, I watched two one act plays by Terrence Rattigan at the Oxford Playhouse. They took me back to the fifties like a time machine! When I interviewed Sir Roger
In todays i Yasmin Alibhai Brown writes about British Citizens of Pakistani ancestry and how they regard the grooming gangs. The conclusion was that most people of that background despise them and are distressed by the suffering of the exploited
I am chairing this meeting where the people of Kennington and Radley can show how much they care about the wildflower rich woodland near where I live. Thank you Hamish Campbell for This video shows why the community is
Undermining the UN is putting the world in great peril. I tried writing to British papers and the BBC on this issue to no avail. I’m grateful to the Madras Courier for publishing this opinion piece by me. If you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jkfv This inspirational episode of the Food Programme tells the story of how a photojournalist severely injured in a war zone reinvented himself through cooking. Giles Duley uses food to help transform lives in conflict zones. Food can be
I've been distressed by the fear-mongering in Suella Braverman’s rhetoric with regard to asylum seekers. When the Madras Courier asked me to write on the topic I jumped at the chance. I have pasted the copy below so you don’t