I went to my mother’s house recently, to say goodbye. She is moving away, after 35 years. My stepfather is living in a care home now. Mum can’t bear to […]

  On Thomas Moore’s interpretation of the myth of Narcissus Moore suggests that the myth is about Narcissus growing into fullness and self-knowledge; that it is about the pain of […]

Dust-hazy Bangladesh sun beats on heaps of brick and bright laundry draped over bushes. Ponds shimmer full of hyacinths and lotus bursting purple from mud. Wet children triumphantly claim these […]