In the days when Mrs Bryer and I spent our evenings wreathed in tobacco smoke, we had candles of myriad hue and scent all over the house....

One of the great benefits of my self-employed working life is having the opportunity to take random time off; to close down the laptop...

A few years ago, I walked into a local pub and was greeted thus by Kirstie, the bartender: “Hello! Haven’t seen you in ages! How are you...

A few years ago, we moved into a 200-year-old cottage in the heart of the Somerset Levels. The previous owners had left us an envelope...

Workaday shoes, and not many pairs either, used to be enough for me. Until a momentous encounter on a train changed things forever.

Already not thrilled by the prospect of lunch with my wife's ex-husband and his new partner, and then things suddenly got worse...