Thoughts

• A week in Lapland · 2026-10-26

  On the train to the airport with my son, the night before we flew north: the Arctic Circle, the Sámi, Sisu, the sauna, trolls and the fox's fires.

• More than a skipping stone · 2026-10-04

  On living in five countries, and why home is something you help build.

• A week in Amsterdam · 2026-05-17

  On the Eurostar from London with my son, on the way to a week in Amsterdam: a city built on water, painters of light and stars, and a girl who wrote in the dark.

• A day trip to Sintra · 2026-02-17

  On the train with my son, on the way to a day out with my nephew and my two great-nephews: how a giant of granite became a castle, a forest and a palace.