Pathways to healing
The first time I remember meeting Elmira Mezei was at her 50th birthday party. Her husband, my good friend, had invited me. I may have
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2024 Grateful 21: Buying distance
I flew into Budapest late one afternoon. The sensible thing would have been to stay overnight in the city and get the train down to
2024 Grateful 23: A man called Ove
I’ve only recently discovered the brilliant Swedish author Fredrik Backman. Were I in charge of the world, I’d make his book – A Man Called
2024 Grateful 29: Time Travel
Somewhere recently, with someone, the conversation of time travel came up. They spoke about how travel into the future might technically be possible, given the
2024 Grateful 32: Ageing of the Oppressed
One of the things I enjoy most about my work is the variety of stuff I get to read. This past week, for instance, I
2023 Grateful 8: The Stranger Times
I met Brendan McDonald three books ago. Met, as in he talks and I listen. Not met, as in we had a cuppa. He’s an
The voice of the Martians
György Marx was everything I have never aspired to be: a physicist, an astrophysicist, a science historian, and a professor. Okay, I’d have liked to
2023 Grateful 36: Change the channel
There was a time when I swore to the world and anyone else listening that I’d never, ever, ever, go digital when it came to
2022 Grateful 25: Memory Ghost
I’ve had time to do some sitting around with old friends recently, stringing together whole conversations that started with ‘Do you remember…’. Yes, they’ve been
2022 Grateful 30: DCI Jack Logan
I’ve no time to do anything these days. And I blame it all on one man. Rather two men. JD Kirk and his protagonist DCI
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