Dear Simon, Once again, the December 2025 issue had lots of memories to write about. Starting from the front, Gertcha! – I did love Chas and Dave, as did my husband. Of course, the family always watch

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In comparison to most schools we visited that week, Malama Primary was huge. We were in Kasama, in Zambia’s Northern Province, visiting schools with Mary’s Meals, the international school feeding char

I really want to get my story out there. I actually started selling Big Issue quite a number of years ago. But I lost interest in it. I’m a recovering drug addict and I’ve been off drugs for nearly tw

WHILE he was cooking his lunch, Father Sanjoy looked out of the presbytery’s window and felt bored. In his previous bustling parish in London, things happened all the time. Here, he sometimes felt the

Hazel Thompson has notched up more than six decades in first aid