Opinion

Oscar Wilde, a 19th-century writer who enjoyed a party, once remarked: “The optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the

Greetings get warmer, people become nicer, and even the grumpy neighbour, who glares off into the distance for no particular reason, starts smiling like he is auditioning for a toothpaste

But running a small cheesemaking business is a bit more complicated as it adds accounting, sales and marketing to the job … and it also gives you some real data

In my column of last week – “2025 and beyond. A reality check” – I looked back, and forward, through the unforgiving, actually depressing, optics of geopolitics and relentless globalisation,

These culminate on Christmas Eve with gatherings of family and friends for a consoada. This is a supper which traditionally extends to the following day, with the table being left

This poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson was composed in 1850. I first read it 100 years later when studying at the age of 17 for university entrance.  Since then, its resonance

I have always believed that if you wish hard enough, your wish has a chance of coming true, and I wanted to share that idea and belief with others by,