February 2019 Life takes many twists and turns when circumstances suddenly force change. I have worked with many editors of Woodworking...

The skills go way beyond that of training someone to become a carpenter. These are transferable enabling life skills.

If you are going to be a stickler for tradition, do it properly or move tradition on!

One of my missions throughout my woodworking career has been to encourage young people to use their hands and minds at school.

August 2012 Andrew Varah died in July 2012, delivering something of a shock to the British bespoke furniture making community where he...

October 2011  I think it was the year of 1973 and I was working in a converted cattleshed workshop on the outskirts of Bath. The rent was...

October 2024 Its been a while since I posted and probably no bad thing as there is so much opinion out there bombarding our senses daily....

September 2011 A few days ago I did a stupid thing and whilst using a portable metal grinder the molegrips slackened, the metal moved and...

The loss of The Woodworker magazine brand after 123 years  is a sad day  for many of us.  I wrote my first article for the Woodworker magazi