The Story of Joshua Norton I, Emperor of the United States
In full regalia The writer Neil Gaiman said in one of his stories that ‘it’s the little bit of madness that keeps us sane’. I saw the truth of this in one of my heroes, a man called Joshua Abraham...
View ArticleThe Story of Diogenes the Cynic Philosopher
“You’re nothing but a hound dog!” is what you’re telling someone when you accuse them of being a cynic. Coming...
View ArticleThe Story of Syphilis
The arrival of the Spanish to the Americas was one of the greatest catastrophes ever experienced by any society as...
View ArticleThe Story of the Wishing Well
Once upon a time you had only to imagine a place to be sure that somewhere, somehow, it actually existed. One such place was the Wishing Well.
View ArticleThe Magician
The Magician walked the winding mountain road towards the village, passing into the shadow of the towering volcanic peaks and...
View ArticleThe Story of the Kissing Tribe
As an angry young man I traveled to the hills of Pakistan and, to my surprise, found a way to help change the world.
View ArticleThe Three Thieving Demons
This is the story of three demons who sat around at the end of the world wondering what they could steal from the humans, what would they miss the most? The answer was... stories.
View ArticleThe Story of the Inner Self
When I was younger I had the idea that when you travelled somewhere far away where no one knew you,...
View ArticleThe Story of the Time I Worked a Hard Day in My Life
I grew up in a middle class family in the south of England and I’ve often felt a certain tension...
View ArticleArna and the Pirates – a podcast for kids
There are so many interesting, engaging, deep things I’m writing about at the moment but somehow they all got pushed...
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