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Alzheimer’s – an illness or a state? I have watched people die with it and I doubt few people over 70 don’t worry over it now and again. It came to mind as I listened to a [...]

What is a pilgrimage? This question occurred to me as a listened to a radio programme about religion. The need, it appears, is to take yourself out of your normal life and to be immersed in a [...]

Sky burial has a certain appeal. Who would not want to be eaten by birds? Better than those faux velvet curtains at the crem and a chipboard coffin with plastic handles. Hold on, its not quite so [...]

Friars Cliff has experienced a death. His name was John. Ann and I would speak to him whenever we met, often when he was accompanied by a carer. He was walking to, or back, from the sea, and we [...]

Zuri kills creatures in 2200 BC. Yes, she offers an oblation, a prayer as it were, to thank the gods for providing the creature as food. Her partner Kablea hunts and kills deer, in part for the [...]

I have moved house sixteen times in my life. Is that sufficient to give me the right to talk about building quality? And what, precisely, is building quality? Why did I wake up one morning with [...]

The road tunnel at Stonehenge is under review but looks as if it will be approved – finally. It’s all part of the upgrade to the A303 and will cost £1.6 billion in total. The tunnel [...]

This is an unusual year, with the thirteenth moon at Mudeford Quay. Because the lunar month is shorter than the calendar month, this happens every few years. The thirteenth moon can be seen on [...]

I realise, with the benefit of hindsight, how I gave little thought to my mental health throughout life. Work was my motivation and only now, as a pensioner, do I look back and sense the stress. [...]