DIGITAL RENEGADE
Essays, Short Stories & Novels

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Aug
26

SOUL SHUCKER

Maybe it was the location of Provincetown, Cape Cod, that instantly seduced me while watching the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony
3 min read
Aug
24

HEART CANNOT ERASE

He woke up just before dawn, the dark night still heavy in the room like a thick blanket smothering him.
2 min read
Aug
04

WINTERREISE IM SOMMER

It seemed an odd yet canny piece of concert programming by the Three Choirs Festival to present Franz Schubert'
2 min read
Aug
03

I, MAX

Smokescreen There's been a lot of talk of late about the format and presentation of movies at cinemas
7 min read
Jul
23

TOO SAD FOR THE HUMAN HEART

There are some films that are almost too sad for the human heart to bear. Fellini's La Strada
3 min read
Jul
13

IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME

“If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too.” ― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories
11 min read
Jun
24

GENTLE BE THE BREEZE

So far, during this week's punishing heatwave (at least for most of us uninitiated natives of Britain), coinciding
2 min read
Jun
17

THE IBRAHIM CHORDS

Water From An Ancient well Great musicians take you home, even to places you didn’t know were your home,
3 min read
Jun
15

IT'S JIMI, I MEAN RITCHIE

My Tourette's friend always refers to him as "Art Garfunkel Brow", but to me he'
2 min read
Jun
13

LIEBESTOD

The legendary British artist David Hockney, with his smoker’s laugh, always reminded me, for some reason, of my dear
1 min read