As is customary on New Year’s Eve, this week’s column is a look back at events and happenings which have moved me, inspired me and spurred me on for the year ahead. Tonight is the only night of the year I allow myself the luxury of turning to the past, reminded, as I have often written here, of my father’s adage “Never look back. It is not the direction you are travelling in.” But once a year I am sure he will forgive my customary thoughts on the past twelve months.
