17th October 2024
Payne
I had just read some other news from Argentina. A dozy commuter, walking while scrolling,…
8th September 2024
Magnificat
The museum did not open until 3pm, and so I people-watched for a while. A…
15th August 2024
Advice, For Lovers
One should fall in love with a Café Owner, at least once in a lifetime. …
10th August 2024
Edna’s Banquet
It is her funeral today, and she is returned to Clare. Some years ago, in…
19th June 2024
Of Life And Lazarus
In 2012, Detective Stephanie Lazarus of the LAPD was convicted of a homidice, committed in…
5th March 2024
Berlin’s David Hasselhoff Museum
I am a neighbourhood man. I once visited Tokyo for 48 hours and did nothing…
4th June 2023
Her Towering Bells
He buried Titus here, not knowing that, in a year’s time, father would join son. …
8th September 2022
One Day
She reigns no longer. Britain’s longest-serving monarch, 96 years of age and 70 years Regina,…
6th August 2020
Conspiracy Of Truth
When I first met Dixie Longate, somewhere between Marseille and Rome, I was bent on…
3rd June 2020
Teacher
My teacher died this week. He taught me throughout my secondary school years - English…
26th May 2020
Notes From A Bedside
My friend will never leave this bed she is lying in. There is a guttural,…
6th April 2020
Crown And Corona
She did not mention it once. Looking straight to camera, back upright with the gait…
20th March 2020
Ovid’s Nineteen on Covid-19
The great poet’s name rhymes with the viral pall that hangs above us. What can…
8th March 2020
Clara In Valencia
As we walked down the sunny side of the street she described her student life,…
28th January 2020
Dear Kobe
He had lived in Italy for some years from the age of six, describing it…
15th January 2020
Megxit, Pursued By A Bear
We are living a singular regal moment. The British sovereign, aged 93, has successfully put…
5th January 2020
My Dream Of Marian
It was my mother who got the news to me. Ear eternally to the radio,…
14th October 2019
Marathon Man
The story of the first marathon is one of myth, weaving historical fact and human…
1st October 2019
Jessye In Paris
I am sitting at an Illy Café in the centre of Paris, some metres off…
27th August 2019
Beyond Cancer, To Dancing
My DNA malfunction has been addressed. Through the intervention of medical experts, six robotic incisions,…
12th July 2019
Today I Am Reborn
I am a child of summer, born on the 12th of July. My mother tells…
17th November 2018
Three Dimensions Of Elon
It seems I am surrounded with lessons about dimensions. And it seems I am a slow learner.…
6th October 2018
My Memories Of Montserrat
Her name was as big and meaty as her voice and presence. I happened to…
2nd October 2018
Walking Above Clouds
I have walked above clouds. The first time you do it, it leaves its mark. …
30th September 2018
Jane Austen: dead or alive
I sat for an hour beside the grave of Jane Austen. The problem with people…
29th September 2018
Jane Austen Has Invited Me To Tea
If you want a sense of how large the Muslim world is, and how committed…
6th February 2018
Frasier’s Dad is Dead
John Mahoney’s true love was the stage. After his role in ‘A Long Day’s Journey…
23rd January 2018
Dolores
I had been travelling a long time before I recognised that no matter how good…
20th November 2017
Putting On My Selina Scotts
Life is lived in a tumble of moments upon moments, each vying to gain our…
17th September 2017
My Encounter With George Hook
In the Spring of 2014, I sat in a Dublin café with George Hook talking…