Category: Family and personal

Nepal update

Published May 1, 2015

It’s just under a week since the world changed for the people of Nepal. In those six days, more than 20 million GBP have…

Published December 24, 2014

I last saw the real Father Christmas when I was six years old. It was very late at night on Christmas Eve, or possibly very…

Published August 21, 2014

I turned 50 this week. Inevitably, I got a bit mushy and nostalgic with a few friends and, as usual with a group of…

Published May 5, 2014

Bristol artist Luke Jerram turns Park Street into a water slide! On the 4th May this giant 90m (300ft) water slide was installed on Park…

Published March 12, 2014

It’s not often that you get visited by a member of the British Royal family. Today, however, we were visited by three. HM The Queen,…

Published March 10, 2014

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Published September 12, 2013

I have dual nationality. My mum is Australian; my dad was British. I’m proud of both passports that I carry. But, as several of…

Published May 12, 2013

My five year old nephew, Jack Patrick, came to lunch today. He brought his mum and dad, his little brother and his grandma with…

Published April 21, 2013

Never go back. That’s what they say; whoever ‘they’ may be. I’ve taken that advice for thirty years, but a few weeks ago…