At Dr Johnson’s House

While attending the launch of a dictionary at Dr Johnson’s House in Gough Square, a moment’s exchange with a Nobel Laureate produces an uncharacteristic reaction. First published by OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters, February 2019 READ...

Can You Paint Happiness?

A return to Morocco to try to make sense of my time as a teacher in Casablanca. First published (as Can & Can’t in Casablanca) in Tales for a Small Planet, 2015 READ...

Gallipoli

A personal recollection of a visit to the Dardanelles in 1966. First published in Ariadne’s Thread 2013 READ...

Round Pond

A voyage that could so easily have ended in disaster, but didn’t. First published in Burningword Literary Journal, Issue 100, October 2021 READ...