These are strange times for us; lockdown is not what many of us have experienced before, although we should perhaps remember that for the chronically ill and elderly, perhaps little has changed in their daily routines. Most of us, however, find this period completely...

I've spent a lot of time recently thinking about how we respond to unusual situations, about our need for control and routine and about how we all respond differently to the same external circumstances. A popular phrase going around has been "we're not all in the same...

After weeks of heartening sunshine, April showers have finally arrived and our skies are overcast and cloudy at present. Sunshine can be a powerful restorative, bathing our surroundings in light, and many people are powerfully affected by the weather and the amount of...