16 November 2022
On Monday morning, Dolly Parton was trending on Twitter, and that cold pang of fear struck.
09 November 2022
As a student I worked in restaurants – we all did, didn’t we?
02 November 2022
It doesn’t matter how old your children are; as a parent you never really stop worrying about them.
26 October 2022
In several of the coaching sessions I have conducted recently, the issue of imposter syndrome has arisen.
09 October 2022
Grief runs to its own timetable in each of us, impacts us all differently, and going through it is a far-from linear process.
02 October 2022
It’s the question on everyone’s lips; what do we really want from our elected representatives?
25 September 2022
I’m writing this as we come out of an official period of mourning after the Queen’s funeral.
16 September 2022
The world needs people who stand up for what they believe in.
04 September 2022
In the 20-plus years since I’ve been writing, I‘ve never had the luxury of someone to type for me.
28 August 2022
Edinburgh is filthy. As I write, the city is in day four of a 12-day strike by waste staff, and the rubbish is rising.
21 August 2022
With large-scale in-person functions firmly back into our calendars, the number of events I’m hosting is picking up.
14 August 2022
As I write this, light rain is falling on Inverness.
07 August 2022
Have you heard of Opportunity Cromarty Firth? Sort of? Until recently, that was me too.
31 July 2022
Radio Scotland phoned the other day to ask how much I love my mobile phone. Specifically, does my mobile phone impact my marriage?
24 July 2022
When customs officials searched our motorhome last week, they weren’t counting the bottles of wine we’d bought to take home.
03 July 2022
I have written this column in worse places. Right now, I am on the shore of a tiny lake in Normandy.
26 June 2022
I AM always deeply sceptical of press releases from dating websites.
19 June 2022
When I was a teenager, it was only bad boys and sailors who had tattoos.
12 June 2022
Well, it didn’t take long to get that bunting down, did it?
05 June 2022
There’s nothing like following politics to make me feel depressed. No – scratch depressed, I’m furious.