Being a naturally curious person and always fascinated by the lives of others, I am instantly drawn each week to the family secrets column featured in The Times T2 supplement. It is invariably a deeply personal tale of tragedy and despair, remorse and regrets, a...

It is often the ordinary citizens who are the bravest around us when faced with unimaginable horrors. That particularly applies to the relatives of the Omagh bomb which killed 29 innocent people and unborn twins 10 years ago after a 500lb car bomb exploded in the...

Would you run the London Marathon to provide water for your village, like the Maasai warriors, who have flown thousands of miles here to do just that next weekend? It is such a touching story that I would not be surprised if a generous philanthropist gets out his...

The reunion of a Latvian woman and her 15-year-old son who was snatched as a baby while in his pram outside a supermarket is fantastic news and must give hope to families of other families of missing children. Irina Sukhova (pictured above with her mother) struggled...

I really liked the live video and blog set up for today's Progressive Governance Summit when about 20 world leaders gathered in London to discuss working together to meet the challenges of the 21st century, including climate change, globalisation and poverty. The site...

My Uncle Peter was on the phone this morning with his red hot tips for the Grand National this afternoon. He has contacts in the racing industry and will ring me sometimes to share news of a massive win. But when we go to the races together, he doesn't seem to have...

Ken Livingstone says he kept quiet about his "three undisclosed children" in order to protect the privacy of his former lovers. I would suggest it was to protect his own political image. Having five children by three women is not so uncommon these days,...