So I wrote this piece for a travel writing competition. The task was to describe a local connection in seven hundred words. My essay didn’t
Tag: travel
Infinite Beaches and the End of the Road (Britain in Lockdown, Part 1)
We got sadder as the weekend wore on. Partly it was the sadness of the shuttered shops and empty streets, partly it was the vague
A Pilgrim’s Lack of Progress
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the idea of pilgrimage, as a journey which is undertaken not simply in pursuit of a destination, but in search
Bossed in Translation
Iridescent and beautiful, with an eye for the smallest detail, Your Name is justifiably the best-known anime movie of the decade1. It takes place in
The End of Something
As my good friends will know, I’m not one for superhero movies. To me, they mostly blur together into an aspartame-packed mêlée of action setpieces, leaden Hollywood
Valley Folk and City Kids
I was stalked home by a white cat the other night. It was exceptionally odd- the cat would walk in the shadow at the edge
The Worlds Outside 