To the dhal of South India, to the black beans and my cheese in Mexico, and two to the vegan welsh cakes to the Scottish shortbread to the death by chocolate cocktail that Ian Brown from The Stone Roses gave to me. Then there’s the Japanese hotpots to the tahini sauce and the falaf...
It was 05.30 when I woke up and got out of bed this morning. I had had enough kip, thank you very much, and felt able to ease gently into the day downstairs whereI would not disturb anyone else. Last night I did not listen to the news on the radio again even though it was on ...
My father was 81 when he died, but had barely stopped working. Apprenticed as a bricklayer to J. R. Deacon of Lichfield in the early years of the war, his position was left open for him during his service in the Welsh Guards. He rose to general foreman but “went on his own” duri...
There is a coffee press and a percolator but they are rarely used. Instead, boiling water is poured over instant coffee crystals like my grandmother Irby did. A holdover, I imagine, from her Irish granny; whom she worshipped. Hers was the only house in America where I’d ever seen insta...
registered “invalid” but they did take cash. We finally got on theautopista and were on our way. It wasn’t until overan hour later that the transponder finally worked; however it didn’t work on all the highways. So, between an auto where we were rerouted and between a huge...
Why I should have taken so keen an interest in the land where the slave trade was born, why I should later have gone to a slave colony, I cannot imagine, but I did, and the result has been a curious light on past and present, a linking up of those old days with the future that...