Puzzled by the puzzle
Our whole life is solving puzzles – Ernö Rubik – Hungarian inventor of the Rubik cube … More Puzzled by the puzzle
Taking the adventure Aslan sends
Our whole life is solving puzzles – Ernö Rubik – Hungarian inventor of the Rubik cube … More Puzzled by the puzzle
Music expresses emotions even when we run out of words, and lyrics are totally superfluous when if comes to unleashing our imagination. … More Sounds and images
‘…blue skies and silver birch trees will always be a reminder of exam time.’ … More Almost summer
‘Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.’ – Dr Samuel Johnson …no one wants to turn into a pumpkin, let alone a scoundrel. … More A perfect dozen
I just can’t get over how ridiculously green everything is. … More The green and pleasant land
On both sides of the equator, we’re going to need… a spiritual window that has neither shutters, blinds nor curtains; is not made from frosted glass or is distorted to give us a false view of what lies beyond it. … More The window of joy
‘All empires think they’re special, but all empires eventually come to an end.’ Where does that leave us? … More Decline and fall
What caught my attention was Morris’s reference to the Nolan Principles of Standards in Public Life. ‘What,’ I hear you cry, ‘are those?’ … More The man/woman in the mirror
A couple of years ago, a gentleman… compared the art of combining words on a page with that of combining the flavours of wine grapes. The former seeks to present a composition in whatever genre that appeals to a range of readers; the latter, to create truly outstanding bottles of wine that can be enjoyed by many people. I had never thought about it this way, but it was a pleasing comparison. … More The perfect blend
‘… it’s so much more satisfying to be in the picture yourself.’ … More In the picture