Everything changes, Nothing remains the same; atoms break down, rebuild and reconstruct over and over again. ‘Plus ca change; plus c’est la meme chose.’ Everything changes. The letter you might have written, what would have changed by sending it? You unburden yourself of some feeling anger maybe, love perhaps, and yet… What really changes? Sometimes... Read More

I’m trapped with a million stories clamoring at my ears and demanding to be written. There’s Nigel’s story of how as a child he was accused of daydreaming in class and told he’d never amount to anything if he was constantly looking out of the window. I can relate to that.’Out there’ was always more... Read More

I’ve been trying to sort out my books lately; a pretty thankless task since I have so many of them, but without wanting to, I find I’m drawn down dark mysterious alleys of literature, rediscovering old treasures and re-visiting newer ones. One such is a book titled The Roadmender, by a writer known as Michael... Read More

Reported on the BBC programme ‘On This Day’ 26.12.2004: Thousands die in Asian tsunami:Massive sea surges triggered by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean have killed over 10,000people in southern Asia, with many more feared dead.An 8.9 magnitude earthquake under the sea near Aceh, North Indonesia, at 0759 local time (0059GMT) generated the biggest tsunami... Read More