I love this piece, Tim. For many reasons, not least its humour and your self-deprecation. And it also serves to remind us of the sheer range of your writing.
There are a few compensations for old men. The rewards of altruism increase as vanity melts away. That flush of empathy might be all that's left of love but it does sooth the anxieties that haunt our diminished selves,
I love this piece, Tim. For many reasons, not least its humour and your self-deprecation. And it also serves to remind us of the sheer range of your writing.
There are a few compensations for old men. The rewards of altruism increase as vanity melts away. That flush of empathy might be all that's left of love but it does sooth the anxieties that haunt our diminished selves,