Missing pieces

Investigations of my family history, which illuminates huge themes and burning issues—race, class, migration, globalisation, war and peace. “Missing pieces” is both about the making of white South Africa and the making of me.
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In the foothills

About the time of life, described by Leonard Cohen as “the foothills of old age”. I review current research, evidence and experiences of ageing. Dr Kyra Neubauer, a senior consultant physician with 30 years’ experience in elderly care medicine, has contributed ­as co-author and guest blogger.
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The wilds of London

Explorations of the quotidian: lost rivers, rural London and much, much more…