If my words will prevent even one instance of domestic violence and disharmony then my effort in writing it and your effort in wading through it will be well worth it - so says Michael Patwell, in his weekly column, which this weeks looks at domestic violence

Michael Pattwell recalls an encounter with an old lady getting off the 208 bus this week and has resolved not to complain again...

'It seems to me, from talking with people, that there is a huge resurgence in peoples’ interest in history, both on a wide scale and especially in local history,' so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column

It seems that the dates when the seasons begin and end vary depending on whom you ask, so says Michael Pattwell

Preparation for a comfortable retirement should really begin once we START work after leaving school or college. That might sound like what we may call a tall order, but it is eminently sensible, so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column

The only credible method to produce adequate power is to consider nuclear power, so says Michael Patwell

Let us not be so unreasonably thin-skinned, so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column.

Pride in one’s place just seems to be much stronger among rural dwellers, so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column