We all delight in hearing we have been helpful in a group, but it is hard to honestly face…

I went to the Sounds of Glory conference at the Kings Arms Church in Bedford. https://www.kingsarms.org/   It was a…

While some of life’s difficult passages are impossible to anticipate, thankfully, they are not impossible to prepare for; that is…

    Back in July 2016 I wrote this https://hazeldurbridge.com/boris-corbyn-zeitgeist-internecine/ I was fired up.  Then, within days Theresa May had…

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their…

Check regularly that you are still employable If you were applying for your own job, would you still be employable?…

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Accept responsibility Show consideration Think win-win Choose your words carefully Don’t criticise and complain Smile and be kind Put a…

  Nobody with any emotions or conscientiousness can totally avoid stress in their lives. Nowadays we have more things to…

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming…

  I came to El Salvador with trepidation fuelled by tales of bandits and expecting a degree of hostility towards…

I can’t overemphasise how attached I am to my home.  It’s a bit embarrassing, as it could be perceived as…