A lapsed Catholic goes to church for the first time in years. Before the service he feels he has to go into the confessional box to seek forgiveness for his long absence. He [...]

A few years ago, I had to go to hospital and was in there for a few weeks. I got more than a little bored with the quality of the food and drinks on offer and so put my [...]

Three people fall overboard from a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Eventually they find sanctuary in the safety of an uninhabited island. Like all desert-island [...]

Two vampire bats were hanging around in a barn on an isolated rural farm. They were desperately hungry because the farmer had moved the last of his animals for slaughter, and [...]

I have a lot of Jewish friends, and I have noticed that when I visit a couple, the lady of the house never offers me a cup of tea. It is always the husband who does it. [...]

My dad taught me to swim the old fashioned way by throwing me into the water. It worked too. I’m a very confident swimmer. Although trying to get out of the sack was a [...]

A nun and a lawyer die on the same day and arrive at heaven’s gate together. St Peter is there to greet them and reassures them that they have been expected. “Follow [...]

We had a congregational lunch at church last week. Rather than the usual sandwiches and sausage rolls, the vicar had cooked up a huge batch of spaghetti carbonara. Which was [...]

Don't let people tell you that you should be miserable, just so a PR company can sell something. [...]

Toby Young’s decision to resign as a non-executive director of the embryonic quango Office for Students is to be welcomed. As is his “unreserved apology” for his past [...]