On the Fourth Day of Christmas, I came to a decision: I could no longer put off sorting through my vast, ever-accruing backlog of ‘news’...

A week is a long, long time in world affairs at the moment – climate strikes, the UK Parliament has been un-prorogued, impeachment...

This June, I'm taking on another cycling challenge... my toughest yet. It's a 1,000km Camino (pilgrim route) from Seville in southern...

My New Year’s Resolution is to do more writing for myself, rather than just for other people – you may have noticed that I failed...

From 25 August to 6 September, I cycled the 'Northern Camino' - a 400-mile bike ride along the north coast of Spain from Bilbao to...

The best conferences are those in which the formal content is only a part of its success – and the Global NCD Alliance Forum* – held 9–11...

Watching the thirsty Portuguese countryside slide past the windows of the train, it’s a good time to reflect on a few days at the...

20 years ago, when living in Cambridge, one of my dear friends was the wonderful Phyllis, in her late 80s when we met. She was an avid...

Last week, I heard Sir Malcolm Grant, the former (and first) chief exec of NHS England, talk enthusiastically about the need to embed...

I live in Brockley, a leafy part of SE London that almost no one has heard of, despite our ever-increasing assortment of eateries and...