After more than a month, the Somerset Levels are still underwater. This kind of sight is becoming sadly more frequent, but it doesn’t make it any less devastating. I sat
Month: January 2014
Choose life – as long as it’s boy
Given the chance, would you choose the sex of your child? We all know – or at least think we know – what we want, whether it’s a bonnie baby
House of Memories
“House for sale: includes former owners” This caught my attention; my partner and I have been looking for a suitable house to buy for over six months, so this headline
Floods and friendship
The big story for weeks has been the weather. Huge waves crashing over promenades, aerial views of the River Severn’s flood plains, and villages or houses cut off by water
Rescue Plan
It’s been fascinating to follow the saga of the diverse, international group of passengers who have been stranded on a Russian ice-breaker, trapped in an ice floe in the Antarctic.


