The lonely mountains

by | Apr 30, 2006 | Life Journal

This beautiful place in which I live is grand and beautiful and lonely. Lonely can be wonderful. For me it often is; I luxuriate in long expressive runs in the failing light of a long summer’s evening and I love when I don’t encounter another soul. My more...

Boy’s Boys’ Boys

by | Apr 30, 2006 | Life Journal

Last week I went to Auckland for a conference on the education of boys.Aside from the fact that my colleague Hamish and I cast our eyes around the room with discomfort at all the ‘schoolteacher’ types that surrounded us, it was a really worthwhile event....