Midatlantic

It’s almost the end of September and I haven’t written a word since July. This of course is an exaggeration. I have written a great deal – ...

W.H. AUDEN SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a lo...

On my recent trip to the UK, I was getting out of a cab at King’s Cross train station when I saw a long line of people queuing outside the ...

I don’t suppose there will ever be another week in my life in which I go through an earthquake and a hurricane. I certainly hope not. Having...

I was lying on my bed on Tuesday afternoon just before 2pm when my house distinctly shuddered. As I sat up in alarm, the shudder became a ...

Jim Tribble, myself, and Glenn Jones Picture courtesy of Kevin Dunion   I’ve just come back home to the suburbs of Washington D...

My short biography of Princess Titaua of Tahiti – the eldest daughter of the Salmons – is being published by the Kilrenny and Anstruther...