My four-year-old daughter talks incessantly of getting married

As I write, it is hard to believe that St Brigid brought the spring this year as the wind howls, the rain beats against the windows, and many thousands of people across the country struggle with flood water damage. But for us, February 1 is traditionally the first day of spring and with it, visible…

Ritual involves sacred objects, words and actions.

A happy hiatus in a castle in the midlands

Living alone is seen as a rite of passage