30th January 2023 The International Olympic Committee ought to hang its collective head in shame. It’s bewildering and staggeringly naïve decision to permit Russian athletes to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics, so long as they do so without representing Russia or any affiliated organisation, is as feeble as a teabag in a bath. I… Continue Reading

27th January 2023 Nine months of anticipation came to a joyful end on Thursday, 26th January at 12:25 a.m., just 25 minutes past the expected due date. Archie Ian Price arrived weighing a healthy 7lb 4oz, already boasting a fine crop of auburn hair. Sarah began feeling the first contractions on the morning of the… Continue Reading

22nd January 2023 The beginning of January saw the whole family in excited anticipation of the arrival of another family member, though the lead-up to the birth was far from smooth. Illness had swept through much of the Palmer family over Christmas, and there was a particular scare when Sarah experienced symptoms suggestive of preeclampsia,… Continue Reading

Christmas 2022 Funerals are never cheerful occasions, if there is such a thing, and it was with sadness that, on 19th December, I joined a church full of friends to attend the funeral of Eddie Gregory. Eddie, a fellow Market Harborough rugby player, had lost his battle with cancer. He was big in stature and… Continue Reading