It’s a small-boat owner's dream but also a writer's dream, the ultimate in privacy and outstanding natural beauty," Paul ...

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.

Since the large waves of migration in summer 2015, many are ready to house and welcome the less fortunate people of this world. Long before that Doctor Bartolo took responsibility for Omar, an 18 ...

The two longest stories, “The Undefeated” and “Fifty Grand,” and the closing piece, “Now I Lay Me,” are weightier. I ...

British poet and scholar John Donne famously wrote ‘No man is an island’ in his poem of the same name, and the adage has remained in popular vernacular since its 16th century beginnings. The original ...

A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead. Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered, swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do. Oh stay, three lives in one flea ...

Grief and personal crisis take Hamish to a remote island. There, he meets an elderly woman who is trapped with an unexploded landmine under her foot.

An old saying goes: "No man is an island", but in the case of Simon Parker, you might just disagree. After the death of a close friend, the ex-Royal Air Force aircraft engineer needed a change.

Death of anyone diminishes us, we say with apologies to the verse virtuoso, John Donne, but the demise of good people diminishes us even more ... He was everyone’s friend. Welgama harboured no grudge ...

I am reminded of John Donne’s famous poem, “No man is an island.” An infection in one place creates a risk everywhere, especially with the current ease of travel across the world.