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Annie presided over her wonderful kitchen with the authority of a speaker in the Houses of Parliament
Talking to plants and small birds is entirely sensible in this part of the country
Michael Harding: The camera’s heartbroken original owner gave me a gift - I imagine her sorrow embedded in it, and at times I feel it points at things without my guidance
Michael Harding: As a teenager, I’d hitch from Cavan with a tent on my back and sleep in the grass just for the thrill of a night in the Astoria Ballroom with Dickie Rock
With a permanent limp Jack joined the half-blind Peabody and the bewildered Charlie in a quiet but significant communion of love
It amazes me how easily catastrophe rises in my life. And how my sense of faith can be so quickly shattered
Michael Harding: My partner’s jaw dropped when I mentioned an old neighbour’s chamber pot
Michael Harding: I headed off, not with a walking stick, but with Ryanair to the mystical Spanish city
I got an invitation recently to a barbecue from a couple that are known for not getting on with each other
Michael Harding: An initial salutation and greetings was acceptable enough. But I crossed a line when I mentioned the holidaymakers’ cake
After bumping into him in the pharmacy, we went for coffee and compared our medication. This was a level of intimacy we had not bargained for
I had a dream about King Charles. A friend suggested it was articulating the pain of my own low self-esteem
Michael Harding: Perhaps he just went inside for a glass of water, but it felt like he had vanished; as if the balcony was his portal to an invisible realm
Michael Harding: My magical thinking about second-hand items bringing good fortune began in childhood
The truth is we can belong anywhere if we give it a chance