Opinion

No more “70 is the new 50” or “60 is the new 40”, or any such malarkey. There’s no doubt about it. I’m no longer “aging gracefully”, or “getting on

I’m here today to address this attention-seeking nonsense. And, in doing so, will say: “Adeus and send a postcard” to the não-sayers, but, more importantly, attempt to calm the nerves

The thing is, I had to undergo a lung lobectomy, a phrase I could not spell, let alone pronounce, a few months ago. Though it sounded oddly elegant, almost like

For a columnist who likes to ponder and record, these are not only excellent conditions for reflection, they bring with them thoughts of life’s winter – offering a trick or

Surreptitiously, the gentle rain of tears that fallsUpon my soul eases a sentient painWhich has no earthly gainAnd clears the clot that was my brainUntil the day before my yesteryear.

Good foundations are helpful when you migrate, if you are hoping to remodel and renovate yourself in the new country, and the man in my spotlight today – John Wood

It was our first art retreat in the Valley of the Stars, and we had a full house of painters – mostly from the UK – learning to specialise in

“As long as within the heart a Jewish soul is yearning” is the English translation for the first line of the Israeli national anthem. From an early age, Jewish children

Personally, I’ve little more to add to the concerns about what foreigners call themselves in foreign countries, but the matter of either manning up when moving or coaxing catharsis when