Before I begin, just a quick note: Racism is learned behaviour and racism kills. It is deeply personal because death is the end game. Leading up to death are an identifiable set of behaviours Read more [...]
Before I begin, just a quick note: Racism is learned behaviour and racism kills. It is deeply personal because death is the end game. Leading up to death are an identifiable set of behaviours Read more [...]
From childhood and in adulthood Birthdays and Christmas Days were the most torturous days of the year for me. One in the heart of summer one in the bowls of winter. Each struck like a sickness whose symptoms Read more [...]
Stop right there. The blog has been public for 10 minutes and your responses have been generous and kind. This one touched me because anything I say about my losses (in the ensuing blog post) pale Read more [...]
I am in good health. I hope you are too. I’m sharing a bit of news on four online appearances over the next week. All are free and easy to access. Shall we begin. Iggy Pop, Tilda Swinton Jeremy Irons, Read more [...]
“Soon dawn appeared and touched the sky with roses” – From Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer's “The Odyssey”. For ten years between 6am and 10am I have created epithets to dawn Read more [...]
"Ground control to Major Tom. Yes Major Tom quite a few of us at Ground Control have been quarantined. Best you stay up there. This is an illustration by Sarah McIntyre on 24th March. That's my Read more [...]
Thankyou for your generous and frankly heart warming responses to my previous post. I sent it from India. I have been at Jaipur Literature festival and then Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters Read more [...]
It’s December 7th 2019, exactly 100 days since the launch of My Name Is Why at The Edinburgh Book Festival. I have just arrived at Heathrow Airport from a few days filming and performing in Ethiopia. Read more [...]
Will you help me find “Suzi”? Her Ethiopian siblings have been searching for her for years. They want to fulfil their late parents dearest wishes to find their beloved daughter. It started just Read more [...]
For once in life the Easyway is the best way. Even better than the hardway. In this blogpost I will skim through events from Sunday 3rd November until this exact moment. Sunday November 3rd. Read more [...]