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Your second podcast on SW Radio is André Aciman – mashing up poetry and food

Your second podcast on SW Radio is André Aciman – mashing up poetry and food

ByAndrew04/14/20202 min read

This week I was confused. Writing for TV or film is in a universe of its own, my redefined second home. Pop up, be funny, riff on a child actor.…

Beautiful European cities worth the price of admission

Beautiful European cities worth the price of admission

ByAndrew04/04/2020

UPDATE: Europe’s most beautiful cities were honored with an invaluable and possibly futile award. Joining London on a shortlist is the famous medieval seaport of Varna, Bulgaria, which, at 128…

French-speaking Quebec launches special court for sexual assault

French-speaking Quebec launches special court for sexual assault

ByAndrew03/27/2020

Image copyright PAA new special court set up to deal with allegations of sexual assault in Quebec has been launched in the French-speaking Canadian province.It came after a series of…

‘A great place for kids’: to find your own home in the strangest place

‘A great place for kids’: to find your own home in the strangest place

ByAndrew03/26/2020

A friend has a take: “Saying ‘love it here’ doesn’t mean it’s a home town.” True enough, though everyone, to be serious, will agree that for some of us it’s…