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There’s a real torsion in the expression ‘A Perfect Storm’ – I think it is in the uncomfortable link between an ‘aspirational adjective’ and a ‘noun to avoid’...

The success of English football is an achievement that should rightly be celebrated. Our clubs, across the top divisions, have been great generators of tourism...

Weald of Kent residents may recall a campaign I launched in Cranbrook in July 2021 to address rural crime and antisocial behaviour, working alongside the police...

When Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the memorable line ‘Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink’ in his much-celebrated poem 'The Rime of the Ancient...

Anyone reading this column will be blessed with something most of us take for granted - the gift of sight. A few years ago I had the opportunity to gain just a...

In my last column I reflected on some of the key moments of 2022 and now, as we say hello to the New Year, here’s a look ahead to some of the events that lie in...

How will we remember 2022? In January alone we had climate change, calamity and Covid combined. It was the warmest New year's Day on record in Central London,...

The passing of Her Majesty has left me with a feeling of profound loss and sadness. Her leadership, diplomacy, dignity and unshakeable sense of duty to her...

When I was a young girl at primary school, I remember our class reading a book called the Silver Sword, by Ian Serraillier. Based on fact, and set in 1940 in...