St Andrew in Budapest
Where has the year gone? I can hardly believe we’re in October. Back in my corporate management days, I’d be busy compiling reports on Q3
IHBC
Fact-checking St Patrick
His given name wasn’t Patrick. His colour wasn’t green. And he was never canonised. In preparation for the big day in March, a fact check
Adding some Scottish to the mix
The French philosopher Voltaire is reputed to have said ‘We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.’ Presumably, he was talking about the
Volunteers needed for the Nursery Project
‘Service is the rent we pay for living. It is the very purpose of life and not something [we] do in [our] spare time.’ Whether
With a nod to all things Irish
When 1 March dawned this year, Ireland was covered in a blanket of white. Fast-forward a couple of weeks later, all thoughts are turning to
2017 Grateful 3
Time is something each of us gets in equal, albeit limited amounts. We each get 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week,
2017 Grateful 33
Appalled. Beset. Confused. Dismayed. I ran through virtually the whole reaction alphabet earlier this week when I received a note from a journalist friend telling
Walking and talking
For anyone moving to a new city, making friends can be difficult. And the older you get, the harder it seems. I’ve reinvented myself a
Viszlat and a thousand thanks, ambassador
It could be said that diplomacy was born when our ancestors decided that it might be better to listen to the messenger rather than to
A bookie’s money is only ever on loan
Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad food, bad taste, prisons, reformatories, lunatic asylums, divorce, perversion, brutal
