The statistics of death and destruction, the millions of refugees and displaced persons and the economic cost are horrific. But the figures only hint at the true cost of war…

Image by Maitane Azurmendi: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Hibu Abu Nada (1991-2023) was killed along with her son in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike on 20th October 2023.…

Cancer, creativity and a family finding itself as it transitions from grief to joy. Sounds like a mini series. But it's real.

A poem for Christmas written in my new notebook with my new pen.

I wrote this poem yesterday. Today I am seventy. It is never too late. The inspiration came from a poetry workshop at Manchester Maggies on Thursday. Our usual leader, Clare…

Why I write and why I hope. A short explanation and two poems about Christmas.