I think there’s still some way to go until all the relevant authorities and agencies understand the psychology of men who fall victim to abuse – how stubborn and proud some can be, and how reluctant therefore, they can be reaching out to or responding to social services.
The prisons we create for ourselves Read More »
Trying to forget my stomach (for at least one afternoon), we headed further east to genteel Pasadena, where the stunning Huntington Botanical Gardens are located. With the handsome peak of San Antonio rising high into the distance, we needed at least a couple of hours to explore the sixteen themed gardens – and to walk off the Reuben and Skipper sandwiches.
California dreaming Read More »
The more I’ve read around the subject and listened to lectures, the more I understand there’s a Myth of the Resistance. Sure, millions did resist the Nazis, and there are many reasons French people can stand tall and celebrate this history of Resistance. But there’s something about the June 18th anniversary which doesn’t quite work when you read Charles de Gaulle was seen as rather an oddball himself.
Vignettes in what used to be Vichy France Read More »
It would be more romantic to keep staring at it, late at night, when most of the world is asleep; not to ever reacquaint myself to its dull campsites or experience adult day-time disappointment
I’ll stick to night Read More »
Kidney Care UK needs support. Urgently. Like all UK charities, demand for their services is growing at exactly the same time their income is dropping.
Storytime for Kidney Care Read More »
On a personal level, the absurd brings moments of light relief amidst the gnawing frustration and deep desire to escape
The funeral home’s jingle Read More »
I watch the scene at the top of the tall avenues: there’s nothing. Barcelona is a city of fiestas and insofar as it’s a city of siestas, the difference now is that the sleep people fall into is morose, immoderate.
The tall avenues of nothing Read More »
Nothing seemed especially different that day, except perhaps the dissonance between the honeyed glow of the sun in people’s smiling faces and the intuition none of us could afford to be complacent.
With a bit of perspective Read More »
No one is being levelled up or levelled down; all of us, farmer and financier alike, “are in this together”.
…musing and searching for meaning Read More »
This is pretty fucking shit. But we can all help each other to try and make it a bit less shit. Less judgement. More kindness.
…tips, reflections, helplines. Read More »