Shakespeare wrote, 'Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.' (Macbeth, Act IV, sc iii). All of you know that I'm most at home with words. They are my solace and strength in so many ways. Over Easter I spoke...

When I was at school, in both maths and English I was taught that double negatives make a positive: in maths, if you multiply two negative numbers, you get a positive number (I'm not sure I ever understood why) and in English, I was taught that two negatives cancel...

So, how are you coping, then, in this strange new world of lockdown? There's a lot of talk about coping strategies online and about protecting and strengthening our mental and emotional health, about how to build resilience at a time when nothing seems quite normal...