Alwayswriteagain: Our Land – And Ours

Alwayswriteagain: Our Land – And Ours: To live in Israel is barely to begin to understand it. You’ve just learned to nail jelly to the wall, step back to admire your handiwork, ...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Oy Gestalt: The Circumference Of A Bomb Shelter’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Oy Gestalt: The Circumference Of A Bomb Shelter’: “… in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard ...” (‘ The Diameter Of The Bomb’, Yehuda Amichai) Sp...

Alwayswriteagain: The Children Who Die Too Soon

Alwayswriteagain: The Children Who Die Too Soon: Elizabeth Gaskell’s poem for her stillborn daughter, 1836 On Visiting the Grave of My Stillborn Little Girl I made a vow within m...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Between Two Stones And A Hard Place’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Between Two Stones And A Hard Place’: Lol Brenner stopped her hands trembling by hugging her coffee mug. “You bastard, Harv. When you prodded me awake we were at Mike’s Place in...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Teeth Like Pearls’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Teeth Like Pearls’: The day Lady Thatcher died was the day Hayley Morton had her extractions. “I’ve come to seize your teeth, not to bury them,” beamed Profess...

Alwayswriteagain: Why Are We Reading ‘Back to the Future’ Tributes F...

Alwayswriteagain: Why Are We Reading ‘Back to the Future’ Tributes F...: On a day when the death of Margaret Thatcher has eclipsed all other news, I write of an increasing and markedly unhealthy trend for adulato...