Richard Thor Collins
Mirth and Melancholy
House of Souls
Aidan Manning is a London barrister with a flourishing career. Evelyn Machin is an ER surgeon from Los Angeles who saves lives every day. They live over five thousand miles apart but on a night in 2005, they wake up in the same place….
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What’s the matter with us?! Reflections on racism in America
George Floyd is having an impact. Far more in death than in life. What are we to say about the killing of yet another black man by police? This time, there is no controversy. He was not running away, or resisting arrest; he did…
In praise of great writing
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Richard Thor Collins 
If words were people
This post is now a bit dated. I wrote this in April, when we first went into lockdown in the U.K. If words were people . . . and went to a party. And entered the room. She was met by the familiar buzz….
Posted on October 19, 2020 by mirthandmelancholy
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