Call me old-fashioned but for the last 50-something years of my life, I had always thought that the […]
In the documentary film The Road to Sparta, we took the slightly off-beam decision to turn to poetry […]
It is over 20 years since I last bumped into Michael Abrahamson. Pretty sure it was in a […]
Heinrich is a special kind of guide. A trained archaeologist with the appropriate eye for detail and a […]
Five years ago, I wrote a review on this blog about a book called Malcolm is a Little […]
When a runner completes the 246-kilometre Spartathlon he or she earns a rare privilege. A last stretch of […]
For the last 12 months I have been getting stressed. About a house. Not my house you understand, […]
Hardly a day goes by without President Trump launching an attack on the press. Not just the individuals […]
The guide at the National Gallery in London wasn’t entirely sure where I might find Rubens. She furrowed […]
A few years ago I took the pledge and did the Dryathlon in January. It seemed like a […]
