Sharing The Love Around…
As anyone who has walked past a florist, a sweet shop or a stationer can’t fail to have noticed, 14th February was St Valentine’s Day, traditionally dedicated to love and […]
A Broad Abroad: Leaving Ukraine
It is the end of a week’s training course in Kiev; Victoria and Lena are due to pick me up at noon for the short journey to the airport. […]
What Have We Learned?
Yesterday, like many people in this country and beyond, I attended a church service to commemorate the start of World War I. We remembered those who went to war, […]
Reflections on Ukraine
Travelling to Ukraine was one of my most enjoyable and fascinating experiences in recent years. I first went there in 1999 and, for the next decade, returned several times a […]
Independence Day
[For more than twenty years, I had the privilege of working in many countries around the world. These experiences influence my writing and my stories are often set outside the UK. […]