What a week for the non-power-crazed ordinary people of these islands. Here we are - packing the lunches for our children, walking the...

The stove is now installed. Since coming to live in this house, nine years ago, I have missed the fire. For much of my life I have lived...

My first Christmas was in 1953 - the year Her Majesty broadcast her Christmas message from New Zealand. She probably didn't expect to be...