From Bethlehem with Love
Published on: 25 December, 2015
By: David Torkington
The year was 1220, the place was Egypt, shortly after the siege of Damietta. A small nondescript looking man stood before the Sultan arrayed in all his regal finery.
Through the Looking Glass
Published on: 20 December, 2015
By: David Torkington
I saw my grandfather forty years after he died. I loved him with all my heart, not because he gave me toys, bought me ice creams or took me to the Fun Fair, but because he loved me so much. I was only eight years old when he died of a heart attack and I…