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….