The first time, nostalgia came over me; like looking at a picture of myself I had never seen. I gazed, second person, mut...

self-portrait, Francis Bacon  You step into the room, see yourself look up from somewhere distant. Your eyes reflect a safe int...

R.A.D. Stainforth's lovely Christmassy reading... There's a place for us, an oasis between fruitcake and watering the...