On the morning of August 26th, 1892, 22-year-old coal haulier William Lyddon left his home at Fountain Cottages in Aberkenfig, South Wales, and made the short walk to work his shift underground at Parc Slip Colliery. It was the day of the annual St Mary Hill Fair, and apparently a…

A change is as good as a rest! — A quick glance at my stories will show that I haven’t written or published anything on Medium for almost four months. It’s crazy to acknowledge how fast the time has gone this year. Time flies, whether or not you’re having fun, as the year of the Covid pandemic has proved…

Happy New Year to you all. I very rarely write New Year’s blog posts (not just because the opportunity comes around only once a year) or make resolutions, as I…

This week, thanks to the following article from Zulie Rane , I discovered Clockify, the time management app. Since I’ve started using the app I’ve discovered that I don’t spend…

I had a dream last night that resulted in me waking today with a fully-fledged book idea present in my head. This rarely, if ever, happens to me, and now…

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, as Robert Burns is paraphrased as having written. This has never rung true for me more than this week, as…

Spurred on by my surge in views, I’ve decided to revamp the way I’m posting here on Medium. Mondays will be “Monday Memories” — dedicated to nostalgia and all things…

About a month ago I returned to Medium to discover my stats were suddenly jumping. First in small amounts — 1 or 2 views a day, and then by a…

Thoughts on the importance of memorialising the Holocaust — Today is Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK, where we remember the victims of the Nazi “Final Solution” that saw over 6 million Jews killed in death camps across Europe. …