And no-one gives a rat’s ass. There are a lot of things to get angry about – death by malaria carrying mosquitos, the Aids virus or the crazy new weather. These are pretty much out of our hands or “Acts of God” if you’re a warped fundamentalist. But there’s a new killer on the block […]
21st December 2012 left a few hippies on mountains looking a little confused. The world didn’t end. No spaceships arrived to whisk away the faithful. As usual, it was our interpretation of data that got skewed. We always take everything so damned literally. It’s not the world, but the world as we know it that’s […]
And not just any old Christmas but the last Christmas of the Mayan calendar. So much has been written about the significance of 21st December 2012 – from the literal “It’s the end of the world” to the metaphorical – “It’s the end of the world as we know it” and everything in between. Most […]
It’s been a bit of a journey… Travel is indeed the best of times and the worst of times. There’s the exhilaration of freedom and the deprivation caused by the absence of the familiar. There’s the spontaneous joy in unexpected delights and the crashing disappointment when expectations aren’t met. Because I’m writing a book about […]
Halloween tomorrow. Though of course like most things on the calendar, Halloween’s been going on for a couple of weeks now. I am currently attempting to get to New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, so in the meantime, here is a themed excerpt from 40 days 40 nights… It’s Halloween. A gaggle of […]