Yet another reason for me to be missing Liverpool! If you are fortunate enough to be in my home town at the …
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Palms feeling clammy and drenched, pulse doing cartwheels, heart close to my teeth, fighting an urge to run back from the edge …
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Bankers, the targets for so much vilification, are not usually noted as great philosophers. But perhaps they have been judged unfairly if …
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Me, holding a copy of the first short story I have had published Tokyo – 30 January 2012 It feels every bit …
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There are books that you long to read, waiting for the publishing date and shelling out for the hardback edition, putting them …
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A short extract of a post that features in my book about the Great East Japan Earthquake, The Teas That Bind: There …
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The shots pool clouds of confusion behind my eyes. Somewhere overhead, the pub stereo plays songs by bands from the distant towns …
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Missed doing this last year as I was toasting myself to a crisp on a beach in Thailand, so it seems long …
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Women’s minds are more intricate and labyrinthine, their perceptions deeper, and what they tell you is generally new stuff. Male friendships are …
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Plans to walk in the park, always happily made, are often ruined by the kind of rain Tokyo sometimes to unleash without …
