Stranded at Lamole in Italian time, where hours stretch and crinkle under the Chianti sun, you take a last sip of limoncello and reach for the lizard on the water’s edge, hoping to save it from drowning. Your hand touches;…
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I have come to expect that in any area that can be described as even remotely political, my views are at variance with just about all my friends, and are certainly not represented by anyone standing in my constituency for…
On the main drag, by the hide, a skeleton tree empty of hangings now stands calmly Reeds brush the sky: blue is removed from blue, and strange calls are raised in protest Then they subside as if knowing it is…
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I made my first visit of the season to Carrow Road last night, and saw Norwich City beat Watford 4-2. It was an exciting occasion: my neighbour’s 13-year-old son, Freddie, was one of the mascots, and there was much merriment…
Day after day, words flow in like an eternal avalanche scraping the sides, burying passers-by The police close the road as if that would calm things down but traffic piles up in a different place Everyone is asked to slow…
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Unless you believe in a particularly strict version of determinism in which referees are gods, you have to admit that football is a pretty random sport. Any match that ends with a one-goal difference could certainly have gone either way, with…
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So far from Montreal, you smoke a cigarette with your back against the low black building where you sang your surreal songs, and we sat at civilised tables I want to talk to you about your matchbox and about that…
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More and more, day after day, I feel less in sync with life in 21st century Britain. Or should I say England? Or maybe the UK? I never used to worry about that sort of thing. Maybe it’s the European Union,…
You led a busy week: your diary tells us you tidied up on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday – in fact every day, every week, every year – and often you did the washing or had the Hoover out…
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I have just been to see the film Allegiant. This, as many of you know, is the latest in the Divergent series. It follows Insurgent. Despite the fact that is sent in a dystopian Chicago, I have to say that…