Inspired by the military wives  

I hope you all enjoyed an excellent Christmas Day and had the chance to get out and about on Boxing Day between the various attractions of local dips, runs, hunts and football derbies. I joined the crowds in The Square in Elham to see off the members of the East Kent Hunt for their annual festive meet. Christmas is a time for people to come together, from friends and families gathering, to carol services and even the collective experience of The Queen’s speech and the TV Christmas specials. There used to be more interest in the race to be number one in the Christmas music charts, but this year the ‘Military Wives’ choir with their hit ‘Wherever you are’ based on the letters written to their husbands and partners serving in Afghanistan, has really caught the public imagination. There are probably a number of reasons for its popularity, and not least that the funds raised from the...