FEATURED COLUMN: EMBRACE HEART
A Rich Jewel in an Ethiop’s Ear
Franco Zeffirelli’s passing last June at 96 was rightly marked... is rightly marked with a long list of accolades for his iconic contributions to...
Umbrian Skies
La Bella Italia does not need me or anyone else to rhapsodise its enchantment.
I just think that there must be something deeply sad within...
‘Words, words, words.’
John Dunia’s latest article ‘Grammatically Thinking’ rightly points out that it is far more important to communicate without bothering to take note of any...
Baring the Bones of Silence
There is silence and there is silence.
The silence of suppression, of secrets, of stealth, of connivance, of intimidation.
Of apathy, indifference, and schadenfreude.
Of incurable...
Not Just the Elephant in the Room
The need to be honest with ourselves inevitably instills fear. Because it strips us from all our baggage of what has moulded us. It...
Hubris – The Ultimate Deluding Illusion
How many times have we read or heard the saying ‘Pride comes before a fall’? Doesn’t this cliché invariably fit the exit of a...
What My Years of Teaching Taught Me
September has always meant bittersweetness to me. The first rain after three or four totally dry months having me luxuriate in the smell of...
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright
The Tyger
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forest of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or...
Alienated from Alienation by Alienation
Distraction can and does mutate into alienation. Meaning bloating with emptiness goes beyond apathy and morphs into a bitter desert of the heart and...
The Millennial Herd Instinct
My butcher recently turned up with half my order since 50% of what I had originally wanted was sold out. When I politely told...
