benched : when the ache is hard to bear


A good friend of mine Eliza is a fanatical runner. Any chance she gets she is up and away.
It goes back to when she was in school. She would get up early, sometimes as early as four in the …


A good friend of mine Eliza is a fanatical runner. Any chance she gets she is up and away.
It goes back to when she was in school. She would get up early, sometimes as early as four in the …

I first encountered Robert Dessaix in the 1980’s when he presented Radio National’s Books and Writing. His interviews with writers were incisive- well researched and relaxed, making enthralling and rivetting listening. Already a voracious reader, I became a dedicated listener, …