“Write whatever you like, and at exactly 600 words so they have no excuse to edit it.” With those words my friend Robert Cottrell bequeathed me the then “Wi(l)der Europe” column in European Voice. Almost exactly ten years and 300,000 words later, it is time to say goodbye, with a mixture of gratitude and disappointment.
The thanks go to my editors, chiefly Tim King and Andrew Gardner, for steering the column into print with the lightest of touches, for paying me generously, and for allowing me the pleasure of untrammelled access to their pages. I am also grateful to the many …read more
Source: European Voice
