Author - markhatwood

To answer my Godson’s growing pains yesterday, I recollected my Berlin days in the 90s. I’d just split with my girlfriend, had nowhere to live, no...

This morning, I had one of those rare, beautiful moments. I woke before anyone else and stared up at a star outside the window. That moment before...

Whist sitting beside my dying mother’s bedside last month, I reflected on her life and the change she inspired in others simply by her radiant smile:...

I was talking to my wife recently about the world’s many issues. In situations like this, the temptation is always to find someone to blame. Someone...

It’s extraordinary how life works out. Although I’m a great believer in walking though open doors, I still find myself having expectations of what’s...

As I age, I become more and more fascinated by the ebbs and flows of life. In my past, I rigidly focussed my sights on particular goals, only for...

I was chatting with a friend the other day about the value of mindgames for mental health. Although many of us undertake them (Wordle most popularly)...

With everything that’s been happening of late, it’s completely understandable that many of us feel despondent, downhearted, frustrated and moreover...

I always find it interesting how we make choices in life. When we’re young, we’re more inclined to make knee-jerk reactions and it’s through those we...

Whilst on my holibobs, I was contemplating how slight the separation is between something coming into existence (or not) can be. Take relationships...