I lost the sole in Venice. I only noticed it once it was gone several hours after, at the end of my long walk through Castello. I felt the imbalance belatedly, pulled up first one foot and then the other,...

The inner sanctum of the tigers was a maze of cages with a narrow galley connecting them. Caretakers stood in the galley when checking or interacting with the animals. Three large spaces, separated by steel rods had a door at...

When I was at university completing my postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism, my final project required a trip to London. Specifically the London Zoo.  I was researching the breeding of tigers in captivity by conservationist zoological societies. I wanted to...

I recently went on a date with a (grown) man who offered me lurid details about his colonoscopy. While having a roast beef dinner. Yes ladies and gentlemen, that is what you sometimes must endure when you start looking for...

Dear Hugh, Stop being awesome. If you insist on being awesome, be unmarried. It’s a very unsavoury combination: the fantasy of being Mrs. Jackman incessantly unrealised as you continue being tall, dark, handsome and generally mesmerising. So cool, so centred....

It’s on my cheek as I brush my hair. One long, full eyelash. It starts out thick and tapers to a slim curve. I lean closer into the mirror, lick the tip of my finger and remove it. I wonder...