How do you solve a problem like Maria?

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

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...
Taking on the terrorists

Taking on the terrorists

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...
I can sympathise with Naomi

I can sympathise with Naomi

I can totally sympathise with Naomi Sugai’s disappointing experiences at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. The Sunday Telegraph reports how she posted a minute-and-a-half video on YouTube, complaining about her £4,750- a-year business course –...
Two causes for celebration

Two causes for celebration

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...