The story, not the storyteller
Yesterday, I wrote a short post on the physical effects of grief, only to set it aside. I’ve written little
Tag: writing
Talking with playwrights about theatre
This photo was taken in Vienna, after a long and fascinating walk around Rotes Wien, the living fabric of 20th
Serious stories
‘I’m certainly not doing this for some high-flown reason. I don’t consider myself to be a reformer, and I don’t
From Newspeak to Nonspeak
General elections don’t happen very often so it’s odd that this one should be so dull. The campaign has slipped
Whose line is it, anyway?
One lovely evening this summer, I stood waiting in the lobby of the Market Theatre in the Herefordshire town of
An artist out of time
I was driving home through the Scottish Borders—like Debatable Lands everywhere, this lovely region is used to strangers—when I passed
National Treasures
Gunnie Moberg (1941-2007) was a photographer, painter and designer, born in Sweden and an Orkney woman by adoption. A small
Artful integrity: on Alistair Cooke
In August 1983, New York experienced a heat wave of unusual ferocity. One evening, in his 15th floor apartment overlooking
What is the Parliament of Dreams?
When I started this site, at the beginning of last year, I called it the Parliament of Dreams because I’ve
All I wanted to do
‘This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody
Parliament of Dreams 