Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four …
Me, holding a copy of the first short story I have had published Tokyo – 30 January 2012 It feels every bit …
There are books that you long to read, waiting for the publishing date and shelling out for the hardback edition, putting them …
A short extract of a post that features in my book about the Great East Japan Earthquake, The Teas That Bind: There …
The shots pool clouds of confusion behind my eyes. Somewhere overhead, the pub stereo plays songs by bands from the distant towns …
Missed doing this last year as I was toasting myself to a crisp on a beach in Thailand, so it seems long …
Women’s minds are more intricate and labyrinthine, their perceptions deeper, and what they tell you is generally new stuff. Male friendships are …
Plans to walk in the park, always happily made, are often ruined by the kind of rain Tokyo sometimes to unleash without …
Spent an afternoon in the park taking pictures with the Street Portraitist and this was the happy result. It is always interesting …
Seeking to rebalance the world and make the major changes needed to bring about financial justice are laudable aims, but rarely achieved …
At first, like Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi, some of us could confess to having had mixed feelings about the Occupy movement. …
