Are you disturbed when you read a story or poem that's not half bad, and later discover it was written by a machine? I was there... and...

Writing about India requires a caveat or two: First trip (just back), I am not Indian, and I possess no specialised knowledge. As a...

Italy is waking up. Walkers, energised, make their way up my street. A neighbour exercises in his yard to dance music. Children run, dogs...

This note to a friend refers to 'Amazing Grace', a film of Aretha Franklin aged 29 recording the most successful gospel album to date in...