February 2026

By Ian McPherson I am a Northerner.  I was born and brought up in County Durham.  I support the Premier League side Sunderland Football Club. I am also part-owner of non-league Bishop Auckland Football Club. I tend to take the often expressed view that football is the most important thing of the non-important things in […]

A Dharma Glimpse by Chris E-S This summer, we are planning on re-carpeting the spare bedroom and the study. “Study” is something of a misnomer: it is a junk room, albeit a small one. The spare bedroom is not much less cluttered but at least there is room for a single bed in it, or