Many people equip us to be warriors, to free a land from being terrorised by a dragon. What do we do? We go and hunt down an ex-mayor. I wanted to start a brand – its logo would be a rainbow in shades of grey, and its name would be MissThePointProductions. Now’s the time. We […]

Sounds like the start of a nice Roald Dahl story: “Haven’t you seen, haven’t you heard The story of the terrifically toxic turd? It all began one windy Spring night On an outward-bound British Airways flight. High up in the air, that plane turned to hell On account of the terrible, terrible smell… The Pilot […]

It’s been 4+ decades since I made landfall on this planet, and I’ve noticed a few things. One of them: in any given decade, the aliens and outcasts of the previous decade become the establishment of the current one – and they fight the new aliens and outcasts as mercilessly, if not more so. It’s […]

Good night: to the sisters and the brothers, to the lonely, to the lovers, to the singers and the writers, to the peacemakers and the fighters: g’d night, g’d night

Past middle-age, not too fast on his feet: it’s the end of a long week, and all he wants to do is get home, have something to eat and a drink. Filled with nothing but anticipation, he’s walking towards his patio door – from my balcony, I spot the problem before he does. I watch him […]

So, I wake up on Tuesday morning and the air is full of smoke. Our small and homely peaks have been smouldering since the early hours of Sunday, but over Monday night the flames have spread along the flanks and summits of the chain forming the Peninsula’s backbone. Now the fire is eating its way, […]