Languages fascinate me. Probably because I can only speak one fluently (and a smattering of two others) when there are, amazingly, 6500 different languages in […]

Yes, I also want to congratulate David Attenborough on his special birthday today and personally thank him, along with all the teams supporting him, for […]

Today is EARTH DAY. This year’s Earth Day Theme is “Our Power Our Planet”. Emphasising that it is people power, not only Government power, that […]

This is a question I asked myself today, after opening my blog for the first time in 11 months. I would love to report that […]

I remember a long time ago. I was living in Istanbul at the time, asking my friend, the fabulous Robert, whether I looked any slimmer […]

Writers on the subject of friendship say that there are three types of friends: reason, season and 4am friends, and those friendships are critical to […]

For as long as I can remember I have loved trees. So much so that, like many dendrophiles – lovers of trees – I find […]

Why is it that all pleasurable pursuits turn out to be bad for you? Or is this only my experience? I do something once, it […]

Language – although so difficult for me – is a fascinating subject. Like so many things it organically evolves and develops from seemingly nowhere. Amazingly, […]