Shoes for Sunday best...

If you go to Mass on weekdays, and not just Sunday, it can be easier to abandon the practice of wearing our 'Sunday best'. If you we...

The priest who converted thousands...

On the morning of August 21 England lost one of its most inspiring priests. Hugh Simon-Thwaites was born on July 21 1917. He was brought up...

The autumn path-less-taken is strewn with leaves...

My vividly green summer-time blog template with the sparkling blue sky didn't look right, now that the horizon is a fuzzy autumn mist an...

Chocolate dresses on a rainy day...

I got a lovely present of some chocolate dresses from my friend Helen. Not to be worn, you understand, but for eating. Chocolate always tas...

The Celtic Tiger may be dead, but the cubs roam the world, and will leave a very different legacy to the older generations of Irish

I left Ireland nearly three years ago and settled in central London, where I’m surrounded by familiar Irish faces, some who grew up with me ...

May all my readers from Guam, to New Jersey, to Denver and to Brazil - have a happy and better-than-ever new year!

The last week has seen a surge in the number of my blog readers; from a few hundred every day, to nearly 11,000 in the past week. I've...

Happy New Year? Are we finished with the old one...

I’ve had the loveliest Christmas…

I felt called to stay in London for Christmas and I’ve been enjoying the festivities with my housemates who are Indian and Latin American ...

For the love of dogs…

‘Cherie, let everyone on the tube see how beautiful you are!’ cooed the man before getting down on his knees and rubbing the shiny brown m...

"What do you get for living in a climate like this? Green stamps?"

Today in London there are endless drizzles of rain, it's coming down like a punishment. The ceiling over London is gloomy dark clouds. P...