Strangely enough, Daniel's wedding day didn't upset me at all. It was his 30th birthday six months later which really got to me, as he stood there with his wife Alison while they greeted the guests. I can honestly say that that was the only time when I felt real envy and wished desperately that [...]...

At 9.45am on Saturday, June 23 2007, I killed a man. A perfectly ordinary man, on a perfectly ordinary summer's day. CCTV pictures show him entering the station, unremarkable among all the passengers going to the West End. He waited at the front of the platform until he could hear my train approaching, then he [...]...

Although most folks never consider it, we all walk with death. Death is constantly lying dormant within us, waiting for the one misstep, or the one stroke of foul luck so that it can blossom and snatch us irrevokably from this world into the next, or whatever it is that death has in store for [...]...

Part of him wanted to lay her down on the bed and hold her and make passionate love to her the way they do in romantic movies. Part of him wanted to get his clothes on and get out of there as fast as possible. And never look back. And never discuss this moment. Ever. They [...]...

Can anybody give me a referral? Because I've had this conversation with my daughter about 500 times this past week: Daughter: DAD-DEE!!!! Me: Whatup buttercup? Daughter: Scary Monster… Me: Where? Daughter: Over there Me: Where? Daughter: Ohhhhhhh–VER THERE!!! What I shouldn't have done the first time she said this: Walk over, poke behind the sofa, said "dear God, what the…!!!" then grab my ar...