We grabbed another chance to see Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, presented by the Old Bomb Theatre at York Theatre Royal and directed by Cecily Boys.
Early evening, a country road, a tree.
Nobody comes and nobody goes…
Old friends Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, but who is he? What has he to offer?
Sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes [...]



Waiting for Galatea

I guess she was half black, but what do I know. She was head and shoulders taller than me. Straight hair, waxy chocolate complexion, in need of something to give her system a kick.
The Habit gets some tourists but most of the regulars are locals who like the coffee or the chat, and they do [...]






About Writing:

I never talk about what a new book is about as it will leave me. There is a story in Chinese where a man goes to a magical place and is overwhelmed by the beauty and the peace. He has to leave and they tell him that if he tells anyone where this place is he will never find it again. That is the metaphor for writing. You are in a secret place and discovering it but once you tell people it is gone. Amy Tan

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