My New Identity I haven’t changed. The world around me has. At first, my new identity came as a bit…
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A murder in a locked room. Whodunit? And more importantly, howdunit? Who would want to kill philanthropist, union organizer, and…
A cold, wet February day - perfect backdrop for a journey into Romanticism—off on the M4 bus to the Met…
Dialogue with Dignity I’ve been thinking about issues of racial justice since I was a teenager. I’m not claiming to…
I kept coming across paintings of London by Yoshio Markino - gauzy portraits of a mysteriously colorful, old-world city often…
There’s something irresistible about a crime story set in a school or college. Like the classic snowbound country house setting,…
The two-forty-five express — Paddington to Market Blandings, first stop Oxford—stood at its piatform with that air of well-bred reserve…
Changing your mind is perfectly normal—and often essential. After all, it’s what education is all about - updating your thoughts…
One childhood ritual during the days between Christmas and the return to school was the day trip to London. The…
“That woman is pursued by demons,” Wally Brigley, the Board chair, declared as he settled into Tim Endibel’s office, plonked…
“You look about as festive as a radish sandwich,” Midge had said. And she wasn’t wrong—Tim Endibel, co-head of Wayward…
"We were young and we were keen; Europe was in flames, and we were ready for whatever came." “I used…
When I was in the emergency room last year having busted my elbow, a nurse asked whether I had ever…
Most of us have done it at some point or another - accidentally locked ourselves out of the house. Raymond…