Latest

Mar
29

MESSIAHS AND MASKS

IN GOOD FAITH WITH BAD FAITH ACTORS Groucho Marx once quipped, “I’m not prepared to be a member of
5 min read
Mar
23

BLACK NARCISSIST

Was chatting with a friend over coffee a few weekends ago about cultural matters and somehow we got on to
3 min read
Mar
23

MISS CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER

Perhaps I’m a little biased, as the most prominent name in rotation on my music playlist lately was born
2 min read
Mar
22

DEVOTED TO THE DON

Sometimes you don’t realise how much you love something until it suddenly reappears in your life, and you feel
1 min read
Mar
19

NATIONAL TREASURE

There are many moments and events in history (both real and possibly invented) I would love to have been a
2 min read
Mar
19

THE HARDEST THING

You know the hardest thing Is to say goodbye to someone you love That's the hardest thing Putting
1 min read
Mar
17

LEGS MCSKALLY

She danced, every St Patrick’s Day, the jig, for the soaked and sodden men gathered in the low-lit snug
3 min read
Mar
09

THE WORLD WE KNEW

There was a brief shining moment during Iran’s 1960s–1970s modernisation period when the country opened its doors to
1 min read
Mar
08

THE NIGHTS BEFORE THE WORLD CHANGED

There are atmospheres, real and imagined, that haunt the mind in strange ways, like the faded photographs of the Titanic
3 min read
Mar
05

I AM A GOD

Trouble In Paradise Some levity is needed while the storm clouds of war encircle the globe lately, and for me
3 min read