I met my friend Paul at summer camp. Paul was a canoe-tripper—most famous for the summer he abandoned his campers for three days alone and unsupervised on an island in LaVérendrye Wildlife Reserve. He ...

In the 1950s and 60s stamp collecting was a widespread hobby with around half of young Britons boasting a collection of some sort. Since then, philately's popularity has waned somewhat. But still many ...

Rediscovering my stamp collection has brought me joy, nostalgia – and a handy distraction from study I had two weeks to prepare for my medical school exams. Two weeks of blissful solitude at home, ...

What keeps somebody glued to a hobby for 70 years? For Steve Reinhard, 78, who has been happily stuck on stamp collecting for seven decades, the pastime delivers first-class delight. Every tiny sticky ...