Something on the horizon...

On urgency, impulsivity, and the joy of unexpected recklessness

RIDICULOUS that after all this time it should be a shock. What had she expected? That he would appear one day on her doorstep with that oh-so-familiar crooked grin to reclaim her? To tell her that he’

ANOTHER look at the dashboard clock: 21.06. The plane’s due to leave in under two hours. With the turn-off for the airport within sight, I ease on to the accelerator, suppressing a groan as the cars i

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It’s not the big birthdays ending with 0 that throw us – it’s the 365 days before them, says Clare Bowie. Here, she reflects on life ‘on the cusp’

I’m not sure what woke me up so early – excitement or the desperate need for a wee. These days, my alarm is my bladder. I pull on a loose, comfortable dress and shuffle down the corridor of our holida