Borrowed Earth
You have to make a choice. There’s no winning. You help and you’re a liberal do-gooder; you don’t help and you’re instantly selfish. Or worse. In the end, you have to dig deep, ask yourself why you’re here.
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Into Dust
Mornings generally start by taking turns to climb out of the boat’s hull and onto its large wooden rudder, straddling it as we wash ourselves in the Nile. This is something else I’ve come to love, along with the distant calls to prayer that echo across the early morning mists and evening sunsets.
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There’s a word in the Welsh language that encapsulates the essence of Welshness far more than any other. It’s a word that there are no words for. Certainly, there is no equivalent in the English language. It’s Hiraeth. Hiraeth is an emotion; it’s a yearning for a person or a place or a time that one can’t get back. It’s an unattainable longing; a kind of grief for something that once existed – or, indeed, perhaps never did.
Learn More →‘HOOKER’ – A CHRISTMAS STORY
Some people aspire towards sea views; others favour a home that looks out over sprawling countryside or leafy parks or vibrant café culture. Me? The current view from my front window is of the back of a sex worker’s head.
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Occasionally, I have tea with Carrie Fisher. She’s much softer face to face. I think we both like the time we spend together because it distracts us from our real lives – her from her fame, me from my lack of any.
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