Interview between the Gods of Living Abroad and me, December 1984. Gods: We understand you'd like to live abroad. So tell us a bit about yourself. Me: Well, I love English literature and dairy products. I’m good with words but not with pictures. I’m an Anglophile but...
In the midst of preparing for this year's annual trip to Britain, I find myself thinking about my first one: a fabled journey that took place back in the mists of time, when the world was young, Stonehenge was rising on Salisbury Plain, and a tree-squirrel could swing...
Once upon a time (1973), in a galaxy far far away (Liverpool), I was invited to the Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun by Allan Williams, “the man who gave away the Beatles.” "You must come," he said, pressing a badge into my hand. "It's a home for...
“Ah, Italy!” people have said to me, before they began to enthuse about the Uffizi Gallery, the Grand Canal, and a villa they rented in Tuscany where the locals brought them organic hand-knitted goat’s cheese. "Italy is just divine!" Oh really? Here's my adventure in...