Joanne GreenwayDeath in the snowIt is ‘old people falling off the roof and dying’ season again in Japan. I do not think it counts as one of the official four, but every…Jan 25, 2016Jan 25, 2016
Joanne GreenwayHappy new year to all the raversEighteen-year-old me would have been aghast at the idea of staying in on New Years Eve. Eighteen-year-old me wanted bright lights…Dec 31, 2015Dec 31, 2015
Joanne GreenwayA sense of belongingIn the coming year, I really want someone to stand up — I hope it could be a British politician — to say something along the lines of: I’m…Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Joanne GreenwayOn leavingIt was on the Malaysia-Thailand border that it really hit home, the advantage of that burgundy-covered book that an accident of birth had…Dec 24, 2015Dec 24, 2015
Joanne GreenwayTaking the batonWe are losing them. That generation, the ones that built the mythology. Slipping away into hospital beds and sheltered housing, winding…Dec 23, 2015Dec 23, 2015
Joanne GreenwayIn those open arms is where I wanna beWe meet in town, in one of the pubs. Way back when, before gastropubs and chains, before pubs got remodelled to look like living rooms…Dec 22, 2015Dec 22, 2015