On Being the Opposite of a Moth

I am passionate about book covers. During my career I have, on commission from various publishers, produced the artwork for many titles by a...

There is something about this painting that I find disconcerting, and it has both nothing and everything to do with the painting itself. The...

A certain day in the late 1970’s saw me boarding a train at Amsterdam station to travel to Brussels for the afternoon. For me it was worth t...

The phrase ‘extreme sports’ has become a familiar one, and as the term suggests describes situations in which the participants are prepared...

I can just see the headlines: "NOBLE LADY ABDUCTED BY SEA MONSTER – Authorities Baffled”! As well they might be, for as with those two...

Whether or not our beliefs endorse the account of Eve’s creation in the [1] second chapter of the Book of Genesis, even a charitable soul h...

He stands like some 18th-century captain-explorer at the prow of his ship, his eyes shaded from the glare of the fierce tropic sun as he vo...

You know straight away that a woman who carries a sword in one hand and a severed head in the other has a story to tell. The story of Judit...

The city of Alexandria in Egypt, in the year 285. A man, then aged thirty four, turns his back on his estate, his possessions, and all tha...