Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

My father is home at last

8 May 2020 4:59 pm

Today is my father, Robin Hanbury-Tenison’s, 84th birthday and miraculously he was able to wakeup in his own bed and…

The old explorer is returning to the land of the lucid

1 May 2020 7:48 pm

‘There is a giant python slithering across the foot of my hospital bed. It’s at least eight feetlong and it’s…

Was this the moment my father won his fight against coronavirus?

24 April 2020 6:58 pm

‘Well that’s obviously an azalea. Give me a harder one.’ I’m on one of my daily rehab walks around our…

When will my father wake from his coronavirus delirium?

11 April 2020 2:25 am

Spring is my father’s favourite season. After the wet and dark winter we’ve had I imagine it will be the…

Finally, we have hope in my father's fight against coronavirus

3 April 2020 5:03 pm

I just spoke to my father for the first time in 16 days. He wasn’t able to speak back but…

My father's fight with coronavirus

21 March 2020 11:32 pm

My father Robin Hanbury-Tenison had a podcast interview with The Spectator on Monday. He has a new book out – on pandemics, rather…