Comparison.

A thief with

A thousand

Pit stops

On the long

Winding road

To stealing

One's joy

And destiny.

It is hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since infamy attempted to rob Nigeria of both youth and optimism.

There are questions which need no answers. However, there are those to which there are no conceivable answers. This, to me, is what makes many a query the very definition of rhetorical.

There are things we know

Things we don't know

And things we'd rather not

Be bothered with.

This last

Is the true meaning

Of "neutral"…

Like many African kingdoms, prior to being annexed by the British empire in 1897 the Ędo (or Benin) one was ancient, highly organised and thriving. To say that it was utopian is likely a misnomer. But since the western idea of democracy has never translated well in their colonies, by all accounts the citizens were content and the governmental structure worked well. That is of course until the British decided it didn't. Or couldn't.

I've long been amused by the glaring difference in the way that creative folks title and refer to their work, compared with other professionals. It's like plain and simple is anathema to us.

Whilst I’m almost sure I subconsciously decided what kind of man I'd marry when I was eight, it didn't in truth register as a decision until I overheard one of my aunts pouring her heart out to my mother about her latest romance-gone-wrong…

In this week's podcast, my guests Kayleigh & Immanuel Böker chose to discuss one of the challenges they have been working through as a young married couple. I found it insightful and encouraging, and hope you do too.

For anyone who hasn't noticed, the world is changing - and has been for some time. And it hasn't just been about the stuff that has come hurtling at us full-throttle; it’s very much crept up on us in subtle and almost imperceptible ways.