All this jollity about Boris Johnson’s new puppy is adorable. I also hear President Bashar Al Assad of Syria has a cute tortoise. He always feeds it after gassing a village. I’ll see if I can find a picture.
English has no one-word equivalent of the Welsh word HIRAETH: a deep, nostalgic homesickness, it refers to a longing to return to something or somewhere now gone (or that perhaps never was), or else a grief felt when someone is lost, changing familiar circumstances beyond repair.
Very hard to express what Terrance Dicks meant to a whole generation. A brilliant TV professional, a funny and generous soul. Most of all, though, an inspirational writer who took so many of us on unforgettable journeys into space and time. Bless you, Terrance.