this is the day your life will surely change
this is the day your life will surely change. still one of my favourite songs, by THE THE, introduced to me by a big love of my life, a...
picnic with the dead
Last night I went to bed at 7pm, from total exhaustion and sensory overload. We have been making a documentary about my family for nearly...
To my Popskie first and foremost. And to all of my lost loves.
Last night I dreamt of you for the first time since you've been gone. I was on the island we've been to so many times, where we spent so...
white leather on the comboio longo
So excited I was to take the comboio longo down to the south from Lisbon. Beautiful memories of white leather booths in the buffet car, a...
coming home to Portugal
Tonight I arrived in Portugal without my family being here to meet me for the first time in my entire life. Memories of you hit me so...
good vibes only
'My old mum never suffered fools gladly, and you, kid, have a history of not suffering them at all,' my Popskie said to me in the final...
with much love, your chip off the old block
So, how do I begin to pay tribute to my dad, Paul Nick? My dad always told me that he had taken one piece of advice only from his own...
a letter to my sister Soni
Last night I dreamt of you. We were young and living at home and sitting around a circular table in Portugal somewhere. You were dipping...
a letter to my popskie
Dear Dad, Today as I went on my morning run, I couldn't stop picturing your face in your final hours and the way we said goodbye. You...
