Master of None, and Fine With It
Everyone knows the saying about jacks of all trades. Nobody finishes it. I'm choosing curiosity over passion, and a ten-year-old in a helicopter seat saw it coming.
11 stories
Surface Intervals
In diving, a surface interval is the rest between dives: you breathe, look back and think. These are mine — where I started, how we travel now, and a few pieces that aren’t about places at all.
Why Isn't It Unfair in My Favour?
A cricketer beat cancer, fought his way back into the Australian side at 34, and scored nothing. I think he won anyway.
Osaka, Japan
My Blueberry Nights
I've walked away from almost everything. Then came the one person I couldn't, and a flight back to Osaka to try one last time.
Osaka, Japan
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
One night leaving for Ooty led, link by link, to a leaky bus, a crying teacher and a 10×10 room in Osaka. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
The Art of Walking Away
Everyone taught me not to quit. Nobody taught me when to. So I worked it out myself, one exit at a time.
Ozzy and May
Two birds I never asked for, never fed, and never got to say goodbye to.
Everyone Has Parents, Right?
A remark from my mom when I was 13, two films, and a plan to raise the kids who are already out there.
The Courage to Say “Let’s See”
A gold loan, a trekking company I knew nothing about, and four years of the best kind of chaos.
The Schemer Who Only Wanted Light
Two halves of one story, written six years apart.
Selfies Overloaded
On the camera that was meant to freeze a moment and ended up stealing it.
Life Back Then
A printing-press town, a dream of astronomy, and where it all started.