The Spirit of Scotland
The curlew makes his plaintive call across the windy moorland. Sheep stand in clumps, huddled against the wind’s bite. Overhead, the gulls shriek defiance at... Read More
How Poetry Changes Lives – Again and Again!
They say that you feel most alive at times of great stress and danger. Such as putting on a book promotion event. I sure feel... Read More
Youth – Stella’s poem
A remarkable poem written by a friend’s daughter after being shown this image by Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher Youth The future is in sight, But... Read More
Poetry – A Different Kind of Therapy
You’re experiencing a bad patch – stress levels high, sleep levels low. You wake every day feeling like roadkill. The world’s in a mess, the... Read More
Ancient Addictions
Was Alexander the Great an alcoholic? Did Odysseus take opium in the land of the lotus-eaters? Was the romance of Anthony and Cleopatra an alcohol... Read More
A Hint of Springtime
Guest article by writer and therapist Sandra Hemus It is a beautiful spring day. Officially, it is still winter. The sun is shining. I can... Read More
Pascal’s Wager – a Good Bet, but dont ignore the Outsider
When the great French-Algerian thinker Albert Camus wrote: ‘I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out... Read More