There is a letter, quite a long one, in fact. Since I can't show it to you, I shall describe it. It is handwritten, in ballpoint pen, in a sprawling, unfamiliar script, covering both sides of a sheet of graph paper, probably ripped from a child's exercise book. You can see it was written in … Continue reading The Letter
From Mere Mortal to Living Goddess
This is a story I have dined out on for many years. I enjoy watching people's expressions when I casually drop the line: "Did you realize you have just been having dinner with a "living goddess"? I could write a whole chapter about the reactions I have received! One cold, misty January morning, Ben and … Continue reading From Mere Mortal to Living Goddess
What If?
What if you made your way home from work one day, or from shopping in your local supermarket or, like 11-year-old Merima, coming home from school? And, just as you do every day, you turn the corner to enter your street… But...what if...where your street used to be there is a huge, gaping crater...and, further up … Continue reading What If?
Tiptoeing Through the Tulips
Although I genuinely disliked most nightclubs, the Scene on 8th Avenue and West 46th Street, came to be one of my favourite watering holes in New York. Steve Paul, the enterprising 23- year-old owner, was determined to make his basement club the most important music venue in the city. Steve lived like a pauper most … Continue reading Tiptoeing Through the Tulips
Caroline Kennedy: My Travels 