My late great dad, used to tell people: “Don’t sweat the small stuff” and to: “Keep Kool Kat.” Yet his colourful Cockney banter, fell upon deaf ears - back when I was a kid. Like many people, I was distracted by his flamboyance, and stories about his childhood. The daddy with a giant Cartier earing, [...]

My late father might have been misjudged as being vain.  He was indeed blessed with olive skin, raven hair, and the deepest-brown twinkly, mischievous eyes. He also used to tell anyone who might be listening that he was good -looking. He was not wrong: I witnessed many a lady- offering him a kissy-eyed alluring smile. [...]

Who wants to be the same as anyone else? Not me, I enjoy having a quirky personality: it has kept me sane. We should call to mind what American author, and cartoonist, Dr Seuss, once said: “You have to be odd to be number one.” It is one of my favourite phrases, and remains one [...]

Being brave is a lonely job because the onus is on the person in question. Even though you may receive support; in the early days of your bravery journey: you are embarking on changes by yourself. You are a tree, growing your own new shoots of changes and development… but there will be someone on [...]