In A Japanese Country Garden
A lifetime ago we were in the city of Kanazawa. It was a hot day, there was a TV crew, and a small crowd of strangers eyeing each other with suspicion poorly disguised as casual politeness. Later that day we were all to endure the tension of the selection process, but at this time, we ...
Brought To You By The Letters R, L and The Colour Red
In most countries, you find that people speaking English as a foreign language make the same mistakes. It takes a long time for Italians to drop the sing-song of their native tongue; the French will resolutely never pronounce an H; and the Spanish find swap Bs and Vs like footballers swap jerseys. Actually, they’re not ...