Lifesaving Poems: Samuel Beckett’s ‘my way is in the sand flowing’

my way is in the sand flowing between the shingle and the dune the summer rain rains on my … More

My stats

This isn’t about numbers, but my relationship with them. It isn’t about giving you a figure. (By the time you … More

On certain afternoons I am certain it has come back. A twinge in my right side, where the pain … More

The book is sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by small scraps of paper. Some have whole sentences on them. … More

Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotyzing yourself and going over the … More

The Negro Speaks of Rivers I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the … More

‘Hullo,’ says the book. ‘I thought you had gone away.’ ‘I lied,’ says the book. ‘What are you going to … More

‘Hullo!’ says the book. ‘Have we been introduced?’ I say. ‘I’m your new book!’ ‘But I haven’t finished the last … More

We walked into the brunt light, towards the hospital. The air was dry, February-cold. Traffic was going about its business. … More

‘I am so, so sorry.’ ‘You’re going to be fine.’ ‘Fight it, you know you’re a fighter.’ ‘Are we going … More

The thing about having cancer was that it was pretty obvious what was going on. I had been feeling fairly … More

I know I am hardly the first to draw parallels between running and writing. But, for what it is worth, … More

This blog is a thrilling ‘Howdunnit?’…possibly. You find me just starting on my fifth murder mystery, you see. I do … More

Dear Ant Well done for making it to the end of another year and the start of a new one. … More

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

It’s complicated. Say you are out and about and want to buy a cup of coffee. I’m not going there, … More

‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as … More

An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More