Meditation on a line by Sherwood Anderson (LentBlog20)

‘I’m trying again. A man has to begin over and over – to try to think and feel only in … More

Doing a Likely Lads (LentBlog19)

Lying awake last night wondering what had become of Theresa May’s deal in Parliament it suddenly occurred to me that … More

I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More

Having left FB a week or two ago and quickly decided before I could persuade myself to do otherwise to … More

When I began blogging almost ten years ago, I felt as though I had been let into the shiny, sugar-scented … More

We have all seen them. (Except maybe we do not see them. Maybe what they are doing is so normal … More

Dear Facebook I thought I would write to let you know that after years of thinking (and even talking) … More

I am really bad at doing one thing. If I am chopping an onion, I am listening to the radio. … More

I am deeply honoured to have my poem When The Holy Spirit Danced With Me In My Kitchen used as a … More

(After Andy Brown) Because my children are briefly sleeping under the same roof Becuase Col and Lucy and M and … More

‘So I was thinking,’ the book says. ‘Going anywhere nice for Christmas?’ ’Do you want a lift somewhere?’ I say. … More

The book is looking at me from across the room. It is dressed smartly, but not to impress. It looks … More

In The Year of Living Deeply I am trying to attend to the things which feed me very much (family; … More

Remember when you got the news of the accident- or the illness- in the life of someone more laced into … More

Below Zero We are at a party that doesn’t love us. At last the party lets its mask drop and … More

We are in Richard and Andi’s kitchen in their minuscule flat on the Wandsworth Road in the early nineties. Richard … More

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‘What’s wrong?’ says the book. ‘Nothing,’ I say. ‘Liar.’ ‘Am not.’ ‘Are.’ ‘Aren’t.’ ‘Pants on fire. You’re hopeless. You should … More