The Anti-Refugee Bill explained

Happy new year, everyone. I am interrupting my current series of Lifesaving Lines post to encourage you to watch a … More

We all matter

I have been thinking a lot about the poetry of Julia Darling this week. Her work became essential to me … More

Be Kind Not merely because Henry James saidthere were but four rules of life—be kind be kind be kind be … More

Empathy and New Year A notion like that of empathy inspires great distrust in us, because it connotes a further … More

The main difference between weather and climate is the timescale that they each refer to. Weather describes the conditions of the … More

There’s an old Mel Brooks routine where the psychiatrist tells his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli … More

As we get to the business end of Lent, in the week the church still names Holy, I have been … More

I wrote the poem below in the summer of 2015. David Cameron had won a slim majority in the … More

Well, by tomorrow night, we might be out. Crashed out with no deal or sailing into a bright future presaged … More