Ode to the bicycle

A version of Pablo Neruda's "Oda a la bicicleta"

Dec 5 • 

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November 2025

Flights from the gardens of paradise

At a farewell recital it wasn't only the music that I heard

Nov 28 • 

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Between toffs and toughs: The Tiverton Trifecta

Early life lessons about social class in England

Nov 26 • 

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The Misanthrope

A chance encounter with a Paris taxi driver and a statue threw me a kind of lifeline

Nov 21 • 

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Fields of glory

Dismissed as just another also-ran in the school race, I came up with a plan.

Nov 14 • 

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Mind the gap

A brief trip around the world in the dentist's chair

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

Fallen Idols

I used to spend a lot of time in bookshops. Now, not so much.

Oct 31 • 

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Strange fire and scorching dew

Milton, Basho and the Killing Stone

Oct 24 • 

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Mr Twiddle goes west

The books we reach for (and perhaps should put back) when we’re sick

Oct 17 • 

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The slow way home

Memories of travelling on the Trans-Siberian Express

Oct 10 • 

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The conker tree

A walk in the park can take you further than you expect

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Teenage Wildlife

How I learnt a lesson about violence

Sep 26 • 

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