Life

I Almost Married a Con Man

The story of an experienced journalist’s doomed relationship with the man she called “The Commander”. She asks herself why she, someone trained to ask questions, didn’t see the warning signs.

The Real Heroes Are Dead

Seventeen years after 9/11, this fine piece of writing has lost none of its heartrending impact. The terrible context of the piece ties a knot in the reader’s stomach as they make their way through a love story, then war stories, to the narrative’s inevitable conclusion.

Death in the Forest

Looking at mushroom foraging around the world, and the extraordinary lengths people go to secure valuable or rare varieties.

Into the Storm

A gripping account of the sinking of two container ships and an attempted coastguard rescue in a massive storm off the coast of the United States.