No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.

I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn.

One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.