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Another true story
7:19:48 22 April 2024
My life changed the day I walked into an office in the Titanic Quarter. The man I was there to meet was dressed in
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My first handkerchief
5:15:40 15 April 2024
It was 50 years ago to the day that I was given my first handkerchief . We had prayed and we had paid our
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Batman Alley
10:14:24 7 April 2024
The woman and the man are sat in the graffiti-covered recess overlooking the road. The wall behind them is covered in a painting of
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The art of gathering
12:10:56 4 April 2024
Much of the following first appeared as a set of smaller articles on Linked-In. Thoughts posted there over the last month or so have
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Island of the Dolls
12:40:32 31 March 2024
I can’t say exactly when we came across the dolls. We had been on the water for an hour. The other boats had disappeared
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My grandmother’s cakes
12:43:26 20 March 2024
We have jumped the fires and knocked on the doors and saluted the moment night and day became the same. Spring is here and
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Threads of urban resilience
11:40:22 19 March 2024
Earlier this year, I was invited to speak at the inaugural International Craft Summit in Jajpur. A wonderful occasion, it brought together a community
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Watching flowers fall
4:56:05 14 March 2024
We watched the flowers all day. I arrived at dawn, to save a spot. The petals were already falling. I cleared the grass and
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The day I saw god
6:44:36 4 March 2024
The day I saw god I was in the city without borders. The millions were already here, massing in the lanes and camps. They
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Conversations with ice
4:37:05 29 February 2024
The smell of cigarettes has gone. The unspoken confinement to our hotel is over. Lei Yang has stopped asking us to sleep with him.