And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, and the earth brought forth grass and the Rastafarians smoked it.

I had stopped going to church the moment I joined the Regiment. No more could my mother nag me into God's presence.

One important thing I recall about India was that it was quiet. It was never noisy in the way that life was noisy in London.

We come across thirty or so hurried graves with makeshift wooden markers. 'Private Edwards, E.', a number, and that was all. Fourteen days ago he was alive, thinking feeling, hoping... If war was a game of cards, I'd say someone was cheating.