Alwayswriteagain: Not Shaken But Stirred By Elegiac Verse

Alwayswriteagain: Not Shaken But Stirred By Elegiac Verse: There are no lounge lizards in Skyfall . Just a couple of  Komodo dragons to make it fun. Then there‘s the super-slithery villain, the thr...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘His Memory For A Blessing’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘His Memory For A Blessing’: Gillie shook her  husband awake. “Andy, sweetheart. It’s 8.00 a.m. You’ve thrashed about all night, moaning in your sleep. You’re not well...

Alwayswriteagain: Wilderness Then, Paradise Now

Alwayswriteagain: Wilderness Then, Paradise Now: Yesterday we visited ‘Paradise’ while last week we went to one of the holiest – and highest - cities on earth. If they show little else, b...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Bill And Monica Lived Here’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Bill And Monica Lived Here’: There were some differences, admitted Monica Sherwin. First, she told her friend, Gloria Adams  as they discussed the Clinton-Lewinsky aff...

Alwayswriteagain: Karmielis Celebrate In Street-Style!

Alwayswriteagain: Karmielis Celebrate In Street-Style!: The citizens of Karmiel were among thousands of Israelis who took to the streets on Monday evening this week to mark the end of the High Hol...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘A Piece Of Fruit – And A Kiss On The Head’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘A Piece Of Fruit – And A Kiss On The Head’: A piece of fruit and a kiss on the head. Grandma Sophie stooped and smiled. How better to say ‘goodbye’ - once times five ?     A single...

Alwayswriteagain: Carrion Flesh From Gunter Grass

Alwayswriteagain: Carrion Flesh From Gunter Grass: All flesh is grass so my own sad contribution to this week’s British National Poetry Day in  is to report the professional death of the man ...

Alwayswriteagain: Burning T.A.’s Topless Towers

Alwayswriteagain: Burning T.A.’s Topless Towers: I f Woody Allen ever did decide to immortalise Israel on film, what’s the betting he’d start with Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Centre, a three-tow...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Throw A Little Light’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Throw A Little Light’: He was  an odd-ball, that man at the door. And those girls sitting on the  outside wall.  They sniggered when I stumbled, walking past. He...