‘You are Americain?’
Nice. A pavement cafe. We were fresh off the plane. Still in London-mode: fast, buzzy, Alpha. We sat down at…
The smokers of San Luis Obispo
The car was a drop head Pontiac, chosen especially for the name and the sense of retro adventure that it…
We are all TV stars now
As a rule, I prefer face to face. But right now, all of our worlds are on the screen. And…
Second time around – the benefits of being a father again
I have a three year old daughter. I also have a 26 year old son, a 24 year old son…
Zoom
Yuval Harari, the Israeli academic and hero of mine, said in an interview with Channel 4 news recently, that his…
The wages of s(p)in
So Boris is in intensive care. The reports emanating from Russia Today that he was on a ventilator yesterday after…
The Russia House
BBC Newsnight 2018. The presenter declares Russia to be “our principal enemy”. In the sleeping district of Hove, Sussexski, we…
Catching the last flight
The Vulcan bomber. Possibly the most beautiful military aircraft ever built. Certainly the noisiest. It was the aircraft which patrolled…
Damaged goods
There is a line in the film “Genius” in which the ex-wife of the novelist Thomas Wolfe, rebuffs the sexual…
Early morning coffee with the partisans of Sami.
Tessera cafe bar, Sami. Keffalonia. It is the port town’s Saint’s Day and the bells from the Church have been…