When we travel in Europe we see some stunning scenery but we also see some very sad images as well, military graveyards. A couple of years ago I had the […]

In April of 1986 two grey-haired men greeted each other warmly in Tokyo’s International Airport. Both men had tears in their eyes. One was an American named Ponich, and the […]

Sometimes we meet someone very important, maybe a King, a Queen, the Pope, a great sportsman or sportswoman, an actor or actress; and we never forget the day, the time […]

Many people today when they read this story would immediately dismiss these two people, Simeon and Anna, as Holy Joes; but if we have an open mind to the word […]

Oscar Wilde wrote a beautiful story about a statue.  The statue was called the Happy Prince.  It was a beautiful statue with sapphire in place of the eyes, with a […]

The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy has a beautiful story about a cobbler – shoe maker – Martin, who lives in Tolstoy’s own native village.  In this story, Tolstoy develops the […]

On a crisp clear morning over 100 years ago, in 1914,  thousands of British, Belgian and French soldiers, put down their rifles, stepped out of their trenches, and spent Chrismtas […]

Many years ago, in Paris there was a boy called Paul Claudel, He was from a very good family, and he was very intelligent. He was also nominally a catholic, he […]

There is an old Irish legend, about a King and a Queen who went to war with each other.  The Queen was Queen Maeve of Connacht,  and the King was: […]

Sometimes a conversation bewteen two people could change the history of the world. We see at the moment the conversations in Baku  in Azerbaijan,  as the COP 2024 summit comes […]