If laughter is the appropriate response to our own mortality, then reverence must surely be the response to the mortality…

There comes a point in life, somewhere between buying stronger reading glasses and finding oneself inexplicably fascinated by garden centres,…

There is a lovely old proverb, sometimes Greek, sometimes Chinese depending on who is quoting it, which says: “A society…

If one were to consult the glossy magazines and motivational speakers of our age, one might come away convinced that…

There are few things more annoying than the ticking of a clock when one is trying to sleep. And yet,…

Happiness and peace are words that roll easily off the tongue, though they behave like elusive cats when one actually…

If legacy is the residue of a life, then storytelling is the vessel that carries it forward. I have come…

The word legacy has a rather solemn ring to it, rather like the tolling of a church bell or the…

I once overheard a fellow at a dinner party insist that the true measure of a person’s life was “how…

There is a strange arithmetic in life’s journey. In youth, we begin surrounded by a crowd: parents, siblings, friends, neighbours,…