Poems for my family 002 – Frost
Listening time: under 4 minutes.
This is the second poem I chose to share with my family, in what will...
Dang useful
Dang handy for walkabout, this is a Punjabi word for 'walking stick or staff'. Rory Stewart carried one as he...
What’s the difference?
On his long trek across some of the remoter regions of Afghanistan, Rory Stewart found himself being presented as having...
Mind the mine
Rory Stewart walked a long stretch of remoteness in Afghanistan, part of an even longer walk which took him across...
Heron-like paces
I love the idea of a human walk embodying the fastidious strut of the heron's dainty stride.Â
'He strode to...
Of borders and beverages
This description of what really marks a border between one country or region and another delighted me. It boils down...
Walking like a baobab
What a wonderful and appropriate metaphor, set in a land where baobab trees grow.
‘His steps were like a baobab...
Of farsang places
A measure of distance which has an echo of 'farflung', though no direct connection. It means one day's walk or...
A singing map
I loved this idea, using a song to guide you in lieu of a map. From one of Rory Stewart's...
Sucking at stones
Swelter is one of the less attractive characters in Mervyn Peake's sprawling, crawling, mossy pile of forgotten granite, Gormenghast. He...
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...
Getting to know your guest
One of several exchanges in which Rory Stewart finds himself being presented as anything but what he is. These introductions...
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