‘Dad,’ she asked me, ‘how do you spell psychopath?’ I pondered for a moment. ‘P-s-y-c-h-o…’ ‘P-s-y-c-o-…’ ‘No, it’s c-h-o-.’ ‘Oh,…
I bought the jacket at a second-hand shop in Cannes. The movie festival had ended and the city was emptying.…
How do they do it? How are they always so careless and free? Running around the playground without a thought…
It was Picasso’s Blue Period. The stretch of time between 1900 and 1904. All his paintings were blue or blue-green.…
My grandaughter called over today, the youngest one. She’s doing her thesis on ‘The Fall of the Free World’. I…
It’s been happening for some time. I’m on the Rock in Monaco and it’s the changing of the guard. From…
There’s an old Tom Hanks movie about meeting someone (Meg Ryan?) on the internet and having a long distance relationship.…
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of…
After Father passed, Mother took in a lodger to help cover the bills. Mr Rice was an elderly man who…
She was clean. She felt it. Warm and reassuring. Like when you hold a hand over a candle flame. Yes.…