Factory reset
Dawn sunlight speared through the broken windowpane. Illuminating the sleepout, where my brother and I bunked down whenever we slept…
Cabal
This week I binge-watched a financial thriller series called Devils. Set in London’s financial district during the early 2010s, against…
Ridiculous
I loosened my tie as I slumped back against the wall. Suit jacket feeling strange yet familiar. It still fit,…
What are the odds?
Numbers are funny things. Precision providing the illusion of certainty in a very random world. The other day, my younger…
One hundred days
100 days. Long enough to form new habits or break old ones. To explore concepts. Evaluate ideas. Assess viability. Commit?…
Make believe
What did you want to be when you grew up? Astronaut? Ballerina? Builder? Fairy Princess? Firefighter? Pilot? Sporting star? No…
Perspective
She lurched into the room. Glassy-eyed. Slightly unsteady on her feet. Half-empty wine glass dangling precariously between two fingers. Angry…
Consequences
It started with an act of kindness. A little girl, growing up the hard way, sat for an exam with…
Never learn
An almighty crash was followed by a cascade of rainbow coloured Lego across the wooden floor, as a guilty lockdown…
Adaptation
Freedom! Celebrating the end of lockdown, my younger son took me for a walk to the toy shop. It proved…
Cascade
There are a few things in life that nobody tells you. Big things. Difficult things. Inconvenient things. That parents never…
The long game
Weak winter sunlight streamed through the glass atrium ceiling. The couple of hundred suits seated around large tables in the…
Message in a bottle
We often hear variants on the question “what lessons would you tell your younger self, if you could go back…
Myopic
“Can you please post this for me? It is a 95th birthday card, for my best friend since primary school.…