Amazing things I have seen
The sun setting behind the pyramids in Egypton horseback, in the desert, with a stranger. Visiting Luxor with my teenage sons,the Nile slipping by alongside
May 13, 2020
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The sun setting behind the pyramids in Egypton horseback, in the desert, with a stranger. Visiting Luxor with my teenage sons,the Nile slipping by alongside
We’re driving down the revolutionary road,jolted and near-asphyxiated in the ancient Lada.It’s held together with fibreglass and tape.Beside us in the smog-filled street, a gleaming
In a Chelsea restaurantthe young boy sits stiffly,school blazer straight-backed,hands flat on flannel grey,darting glances at his father,whose fingertip commandmesmerises waiters to his wide. Father
It’s 1973. Georgetown is blooming;flower power blossoming the streets,twisting pink stems around long corkscrew curls,tie-dye T-shirts, purple bellbottom trousers,pavements stoned with grateful Dead posters. In
Dawn tiptoes through the shutters, grey then bright morning sun.The city wakes up in the street. I hear footsteps and voicesalong the Arno. The building
The bullet train sliced through the landscape,catapulted images of forest, river, temple,Tokyo’s cubist blocks dissolved in Lilliputian miniature.The disjointed view flashed me Norththrough cinematic snatches
Snorkelling under the Indian Oceanlooked so easy to me.Others swim in gentle motionbut I just get lungfuls of sea. I catch a glimpse of coral
A cruise on the Hertigruten ship in Norway in Feb 2011. We had hoped to see the Northern Lights but it was too cloudy which
“We’ll just have a light lunch today” they saidAs they struggled to the breakfast table, fresh out of bed.“Just a coffee, a salad or a