skywritings
Sunday, 19 October 2025
dad (5): normans
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From a phone conversation in August 2010: Dad: I’m getting a computer. A laptop. Me: Oh great. At last! That’ll be good. I think you’l...
Thursday, 11 September 2025
per miracolo
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April in Sicily, and a swift trip from our base in the Alcantara Valley to Taormina on the east coast. An exquisite (if hyper-touristy) hill...
Thursday, 7 August 2025
the play of panic and grace
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‘I shall purloin no valuables, appropriate no ingenious formulations. But show the rags, the refuse – these I will not inventory but allow, ...
Monday, 26 May 2025
something out of nothing
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'You gather things up like a person who leaves a burning house, which means very randomly ... I am not seeking an answer. I just want to...
Saturday, 15 February 2025
two shillings
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'A tea time drunk weaving his way down Old Compton Street in the blinding sun stops me, and with a smile says, "Son, I want to ...
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