” A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country.” Searching for Sugarman, about the enigmatic Mexican American musician, Rodriguez, is one of the most moving films I have seen. A hugely talented musician and songwriter, Rodriguez writes...
How’s that for the first line of a poem? Probably not a line you would like to share, out of context, with your children or teenagers. But it’s a radical statement. Mary Oliver, the poet, isn’t exhorting us to be bad. She’s...
Do you feel as though your creativity has dried up and that you will never write another story or poem; never paint or sink your fingers into clay again? There is good news. Your creativity has not disappeared. You are probably just exhausted from trying to be all...
Knowing how difficult it is for many of us to make significant changes, I have enormous admiration for the easeful way in which other forms of life surrender to changes in their external world. Recently, on a retreat at Solitude, in the Midlands, I watched an autumn...
