The Birth of Ru-tube
Winter. It’s cold, it’s dark, and this year we couldn’t even get together for a knees-up on the Solstice because of lock-downs. My dad tested positive for COVID-19 on 27th December, and in the course of caring for him, I […]
November 2020 Art Roundup & Update
If you’re a person who is reading this after reading my 2019 tales of Japan, you may be hoping for more stories from my year of living there, or at the very least, and explanation of what happened and where […]
The Lobster in Lipstick
We interrupt this usual travel blog for a detailed retelling of an anxiety attack. Lobsters, to oversimplify things, do not age. Thanks to the ability to constantly produce telemerase, a substance that caps chromosomes and allows cells to divide without […]
Large Pots and Long Walks
On Saturday, I slept late. My whole body ached, right through; my sleep disturbed by a Rubenesque German with sleep apnoea snoring three bunks over, and my throat still constricted and tight. I didn’t know if it was the sleep […]