In the waiting room TANYA SITS AT the side of the couch, her head resting on her hand. She smiles when I say... By Sarah Kanowski
The juror’s tale ON A STEAMY Sydney day, I find myself in a crowded room, summoned for jury service. There are about... By Joanna Mendelssohn
The road to Fallujah APRIL 2004 FALLUJAH: Driving through the empty streets of Fallujah, I felt the stench of death in the air.... By Donna Mulhearn
The best of times, the worst of times BEHIND THE PRINCESS Marina Hospital, not far from the centre of Gaborone, are the two small buildings that house... By Peter Browne
Learning from forgotten epidemics A panic had set in and people from the infected area were hurrying to be inoculated. The crush was... By Ian Townsend
Belfast BELFAST. EARLY 1970s. I am a fourteen-year-old boy on a shopping expedition with my mother. Objective: the purchase of... By Michael Andrews
Deaths I have outsmarted SOMETIMES, MY SISTER seemed to be beckoning it, and I would steer well clear of her. Down the back,... By Andrew Belk
Playing with fire "NOTHING MUCH" WAS the usual reply when asked what was going on. Nothing much went on in the summer... By Bille Brown (dec.)
A doctor’s notebook The woman from County Meath THE WARMTH OF the Dublin day caught everyone by surprise. Through the window I could... By Frank Brennan
Conscripts to the cavalry ON A SPRING day in 1971, my husband, my best friend and I set off from Boston, Massachusetts bound... By Simi Linton
Sex and the single bed A HEIGHT-ADJUSTIBLE HOSPITAL bed. At first I didn't understand what the nurses meant. For a moment I pictured our... By Virginia Lloyd
Yahtzee and the art of happiness "SINS HAVE LONG shadows." A Chinese student said this to my husband when he heard that John had missed... By Helena Pastor