The pieces here comprise some memories of time spent behind the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s, and of an unexpected trip back to my old university in 2010, together with a couple of others from the Different Shades of Green back catalogue.  The piece about the 2012 London Olympics, Something Extraordinary, is one I always enjoy re-reading, as it captures the feeling of being in London at a unique time which was the most memorable week of my life.

The final piece, Waiting, was written at the end of the most turbulent and unusual year most people on earth had ever endured.