I was at home pretending to be ill when the phone rang. I was the only one in. Dad was out at a conference in Newcastle; Mum was at work in Carlisle...
Have you ever asked out a girl and heard a laugh so cold and cruel it would freeze the oceans but when you think about it you realise she didn't even...
It was after the death of his wife that he thought he should start to notice things like the colour of buildings, and so he would spend long periods...
