This week is a special week. My little boys have their aunty, my sister, with them for a few days. She arrived on the twins’ birthday last weekend and she’ll leave next Sunday. They love her so much. She brings them great gifts – carefully and lovingly...

Do adverts on the telly stop us being ‘Generous’? When we suffer yet another commercial break that inconveniently interrupts what we were attempting to enjoy, does it matter? Do we kid ourselves when we say that we just ignore them; that...

Recently, I was fortunate enough to hear a very well respected economist talk about the ‘road to recovery’ (or not). To give you some idea of his status, he is a professor at the London School of Economics, an ex-member of the Bank of England’s Monetary...

Our featured Generous member for June 2009 is Annie Porthouse. Annie’s another of our community who’s been part of the adventure since its early days. We snatched a five-minute telephone conversation with her about her Generous passions...

Talk at the school gate in these credit-crunched times often turns to how much it costs to keep our little ones happy – to keep them amused, occupied. A trip here; a visit there; a film at the cinema; a bite to eat. It all adds up. Apparently. Then...

On a recent long weekend, I actually had a bit of time on my hands to relax – which meant I got a few more things to do around the house (naturally). One activity was to take our dog, Reggie, for a walk. He’s a rescue dog and getting quite old now...

A recent Generous news story pointed to a New York Times piece by Thomas Friedman about the G20 meeting . It sparked off an interesting train of comments (now lost after a technical glitch) about the earth’s resources … and how these could ever possibly...