In this extract from his forthcoming book Lost in Space: A Father’s Journey There and Back Again, Ben Tanzer takes one last adventure into the Italian unknown. Continue ...
“We taxi towards takeoff. As the 757’s engines churn, the passengers remain absolutely silent… The pilot breaks the silence after eleven minutes – the amount of time which elapsed before ...
“There’s a first time for everything,” I said, over and over again, shaking so much I could barely feel each finger from the others. “There’s a first time for everything,” ...
“He would lean forward, absorbed in the tangled limbs of Hulk Hogan and Haku… He knew there was no chance that the Hulkster would lose. But it didn’t matter. That’s ...
Tony Rickaby combines historical events, personal memories and fiction as he examines London’s explosive past. Continue Reading Bomb Walk
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Andrea Calabretta gets lost in the linguistic maze of Tunisia. Continue Reading White Girl Speaking Arabic
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“You are so close you have to make it and you hope your watch is a few minutes fast. But as you round the bend of another museum you look ...
“The fifth or sixth time I sprawl in the dirt the panic alarms are flashing extra bright. When my stomach stops looking for something to throw up I can raise ...
“I couldn’t move home, but maybe I could repay some of their kindness. I knew their stories of Christmas gifts that never arrived, and I knew their current interests. I ...
“I place the incense sticks on the earth in front of each trunk. Normally, I’d count to make sure that no tree gets any more or less. But ...
“For the best retrospectives on professional tennis tournaments, I would usually turn to my grandmother.” Continue Reading Family: Conversations with Nana
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“This is one of the beauties of the place that I call home sometimes in my mind: that you can buy a dozen organic eggs at the long polished wood ...
Suzanne Morrison rediscovers herself, and her love of books, after a sojourn among the excesses of New York City. Continue Reading What to Wear
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“I glare, despite knowing direct eye contact is perceived by dogs as confrontational. I glare because I am angry… She does not attack, but she tears me apart.” ...
“When it all boils down, the most perfect example of dystopia, for me, is not to be found in literature, it’s to be found in film. One particular film, in ...
Confessed Whovian Tim Brook recalls a fascination with Peter Davison’s stick of celery on the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Continue Reading Doctor Who: The Curse of the ...
“I knew my dad was home, puttering around in the dining room grumbling to himself as was his way… But I didn’t care about any of that, because I had ...
American writer Zachary Watterson gives his advice on the personal essay, and recounts a memorable visit to the Eastern Bloc. Continue Reading Unfamiliar Country
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“I read to be scared, to dwell in fear like a child. It’s like I snagged my jumper on a barb long ago, and the thread has been playing out ...
In March 2013, after thirty-eight years of campaigning, Clarice Herzog and her children received a new death certificate for her husband. Vladimir Herzog (1937-1975) was killed under torture during Brazil’s ...
