I haven’t been writing as I didn’t know what I was supposed to write about. I had lost my raison d’être, my reason for being, my mojo. It...

Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will soon be upon us. Many preparations are being made and whilst the focus is on summer lunches...

I was going to write something during the week designated for Mental Health Awareness but I decided to watch, to read and to listen. I...

What an experience the Shakespeare and Company bookshop was. A queue outside was indicative of its popularity and it had a bohemian air...

After lunch at Les Deux Magots we strolled along the pavement to the sounds of a jazz group and 200m along we met with Yaseen Khan. I...

You would have thought that finding somewhere to eat would be easy in Paris. It is if you start looking at 11:30 am. By 1pm everyone is...

The rue des Pyramides is home to the formidable golden statue of Joan of Arc and had me transfixed. I remember watching a film (Joan of...

I’ve been to Paris before and ‘ticked’ the main tourist sites. The lure of the city did not appeal. I was surrounded by beautiful...

‘I keep telling her she will not be able to take photographs and she will never command soldiers; she has to accept these facts.’...

A family visit to London to see the arts: the Tusk Lion Trail, The National Gallery open air exhibition and NMT Automatics play 'Tempus...

The Armed Forces Covenant has been a game changer since its official inception in 2006 to its publication in 2000 through to its...

The Military Family has been one of the themes for Armed Forces Week 2021 and my immediate thoughts were to my heritage of military...

Ask anybody, if they saw me in uniform with a rifle they would think that the world had come to an end. Not necessarily because I am a...

I haven’t written much about the pandemic as I truly felt that we have each had our own journeys through the last 18 months…but…I have...

Oh the irony! We are allowed to have people in the house and we are all going out because the weather is so good! Having had to continue...

Recently I have been reminded of how much people can influence our lives but when do we tell them? The recent tributes around HRH Prince...

I have considered it a huge privilege during my time in the British Army to have photographed and met many of our Royal Family, HRH The...

When I embarked on ‘Not Just a Wife’ I was aware of many researchers who were writing papers on our lives, the life of the military...

I have chosen to challenge all through my life. This has led to many labels but they all come back to one thing: I am me. I am choosing...

Tribe: a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood...

Do you ever have one of those days where suddenly everything becomes overwhelming? Everything seems to have happened all at once? I’m...

I always wanted to be war photographer; I soon realised that what I really wanted to do was tell people’s stories. Each of us has a story...

Facilitating projects is one of the greatest joys I have had over the years. Any good project starts with a discussion over a coffee, in...

In 2017 I set about documenting the lives of 50 military spouses; ‘Not Just a Wife’ has become my passion. I have felt that this time in...