Because you’re my best girl and the best you’ll always be.

In 2004, more preschoolers than law enforcement officers were killed by firearms Continue reading →

I joined the Navy as an artificer at HMS Fisgard in 1982. Continue reading →

My story pops back into my memory sometimes in those twilight moments between waking and sleeping. Continue reading →

I’ve always thought of automats as lonely, melancholy places. Continue reading →

Invincible came into service right before I joined up. It was a big deal at the time. Continue reading →

The Name of the Rose is one of those books that I read at an impressionable age and was terribly impressed by it. I read it again a few years later and it was better still. It’s firmly in my … Continue reading →

Nan was less than two years away from her century. She was born before the First World War. Continue reading →

A Buccaneer scholar is someone who takes responsibility for their own education. Continue reading →

A long time ago, I had a girlfriend and I used to sing to her. Continue reading →