A return to health and happiness in St Andrews

Two months ago, I moved to St Andrews, home of golf and Scotland's oldest university, and life has changed irreversibly in that time. Initially, I thought this would be just a holiday stay with my uncle here; two weeks, then back to life in Portsmouth. But very quickly I fell in love with the town, [...]

A mountaineering mindset: on overcoming and recovering from chronic illness

I've just finished reading Sir Ranulph Fiennes' new book, Climb Your Mountain, and it is a beautiful tribute to how tackling physical mountains can assist with the even-bigger internal climbs we face. Climb Your Mountain is all about weathering the storms of everyday life, from a man who has braved the most perilous conditions Planet [...]