These really light mornings can either inspire you to get up and get going, or conversely remind you that you still need some sleep. But...

It wouldn’t be British not to mention yesterday’s exceptionally wet weather, which hit us driving back from Yorkshire.  The main reason...

May was quite a month for elections. If you live outside London you had two – the usual council one and the probably unexpected European...

So how did you spend the Bank Holiday weekend?  With friends and family, at a sporting fixture, perhaps gardening or DIY, or just...

On Wednesday last week, my newspaper published three stories with safeguarding themes. First there was the court case of Carl Beech who...

This blog was not going to be about safeguarding at all, as I wanted to write about celebrating a certain South London football club...

The news that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is now planning to turn its attention to the Methodist Church and other...

Just before Easter a head-teacher at a Midlands primary school had his registered teacher status withdrawn for five years. Not because...

In my Sunday paper this weekend there was an interview with a Norwegian publisher who extolls the virtues of walking to promote a general...

So Vincent Van Gogh was almost a Methodist Local Preacher?  I learnt this week that he attended meetings at Isleworth Methodist Church...

Sadly my journey into London today was affected by an incident. The station announcer at Waterloo apologised for our inconvenience and...

Sadly serious youth violence and knife crime does not seem to be abating. I wrote about knife crime at this time last year when our...

One hundred colleagues attended the London District Safeguarding Conference on Saturday 16 March. It was a good number in itself but it...

So last week it was Michael Jackson’s turn to be in the spotlight with some powerful descriptions of the abuse reportedly experienced at...

It would seem rather like the elephant in the room not to mention the unseasonably warm weather this week. Most conversations over the...

Did you send or receive a Valentine card last week? If you received one you may have guessed who sent it, but was it welcome? Were you...

Although our policies generally recommend that we leave the full investigation of reported abuse to statutory authorities, we cannot help...

I guess I wrote my first blog, as it were, in 1977, when I described a reggae sound system clash in the youth centre I ran in West London....

Have you ever missed a bus or train that you were intending to catch after changing from another bus or train? Or perhaps a plane? It’s...

The Safeguarding Steward at a a certain south London football ground has been earning his keep again. Last week the visitors were a top...