Grandmaman

A few words about the piece below. I wrote the first draft of it in 1989, a year after the … More

Book news for 2019

Next year is going to be a big year for me. I am going to have two new books out … More

At the start of each academic year, usually when I have known them for a week or so, I make … More

I am not sure why I started wearing deck shoes. I am no sailor -I have been on a sailing … More

‘So you’re not going to write about it?’ ‘I’ve been writing about it for years. Two whole books of it! … More

‘We are at a party that doesn’t love us‘ – Tomas Tranströmer We are at a thing. Not a poetry … More

Tomorrow the Church Times publishes a combined review of my memoir of cancer Love for Now and Riddance, my … More

I was formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, on Valentine’s Day, 2006. I was 42. … More