Chests as broad as horses
One of several heart-warming accounts of Rory Stewart's random encounters with British soldiers in Afghanistan.
They always show him and...
Changed identity – I
Rory Stewart's hike across remote areas of Afghanistan began with a couple of bodyguards assigned to him whether he wanted...
The deciding moment
Rory Stewart was offered a large dog who seemed to have a few health and other 'issues'. I like that...
A singing map
I loved this idea, using a song to guide you in lieu of a map. From one of Rory Stewart's...
The mind’s cheap tunes
A sharp way to capture the Groundhog Day repetition of pointlessly churning regrets and anxieties: like a jingle you can't...
Care package
Rory Stewart has a moment of home comfort when some British soldiers he encounters on his hike across Afghanistan brew...
Today’s diary entry
Always curious about the habits of journal writing and the choices people make in the materials they use, I liked...
Dismissing death
Rory Stewart's father could be pithy, taciturn, and funny (without necessarily trying to be). Here his son tries to open...
Where is the chair?
An endearing philosophical philistinism in the elderly father of Rory Stewart. Ever practical, he had no truck with time-wasting on...
Mind the mine
Rory Stewart walked a long stretch of remoteness in Afghanistan, part of an even longer walk which took him across...
Of borders and beverages
This description of what really marks a border between one country or region and another delighted me. It boils down...
Those interfering newbies
From Rory Stewart's trek across the Marches, the region of Britain aligned with Hadrian's Wall. One of the charms of...
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