A friend told me his Christmas present list: he doesn't need anything and doesn't want just 'stuff', so he tells his (adult) children just to give him money for Christmas. Then, a… (View Post)

About 65 years ago, I experienced much the same thing in a particular Church of England church, but the lesson I drew was different. We were definitely living on the wrong side of the tracks, on a co… (View Post)

Good evening everyone. Just want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas whether you're a fan of Yorkshires or not. If you want to have them, have them. One family I know has a large pan Yorkshir… (View Post)

I do volunteer office work for a charity that, among other things, provides food parcels. The rise in applicants has been inexorable this year. In my own wider family there is poverty. I often wonder… (View Post)

Good morning, everyone. I'm astonished at so much optimism. Glad to hear it, I suppose, but where does it come from? In my experience the green shoots of improvement in any field need to be quit… (View Post)