“People like Sheba think they know what it is to be lonely. But of the drip, drip of the long-haul, no-end-in-sight solitude, they know nothing. What it’s like to construct an entire weekend around a visit to the launderette. Or to be so chronically untouched that the accidental brush of a bus conductor’s hand sends [...]

People who know me well, know that I don’t give a crap about New Year’s Day. So what that the year ends on December 31st and begins on January 1st? To me, only one thing marks the beginning of another year of waiting, yearning and building up to greatness: when the Academy Awards have been [...]