I want to come clean, to be the honest pensioner blogger. I am not plugging products like Zoella, Rita Ora or Alexa Chung, whoever they are. It appears that the Competition and Markets Authority [...]

My Pagan Ancestor Zuri, in 2200 BC, is shocked at our carelessness. I explained to her how we had overcome most of those diseases that had killed her people. Not least was the discovery of [...]

Can humans see in the dark? The answer is probably yes but when do we ever try? I recall doing the 50 mile, Long Mynd Hike in Shropshire. It started at 3pm to ensure that you walked overnight. I [...]

If there is one aspect of current funerals that impresses me, then it must be the role of the funeral celebrant. Thirty years ago they were a very rare breed. A few Humanist celebrants existed [...]

As much as I love science, the world appears to have too many experts. The van Tulleken twins, both doctors, have studied various UK twins. The question was,’how much sleep do we [...]

The herring gull is a consummate bird, a fact I mention in my forthcoming book. I lie in bed at night listening to them calling, out on the surf. What is it they eat in the dark? They make so [...]

I recently read an online item in the Ecologist. It took an ambivalent line between natural burial and cremation. It left the reader unsure as to which was best. I wrote to the editor in an [...]

As we become older, relationships become more apparent but not always in a good way. When I was 12 years old, I joined a milk round at weekends and holidays. I had the contrasting qualities of [...]

As we grow old, and survive, it appears that pensioners are to dominate society. That word dominate is a little misplaced because it sounds as if we are proactive. That we are somehow in control, [...]

As I grow older I find myself reflecting on the past; happiness came late to me. Childhood experiences have troubled me and still do. Now older, I am less bitter about it but still conflicted. I [...]