Richard Hughes

  Out of the corner of my eye I catch sight of the box of tears lurking behind a Boston fern, its pastel petal design replaced this week by ‘man-size’ tartan blue.   The box of tears inches towards me, its strong, crisp, white tissue thrusting through a perforated edge, taunting me. I look away, […]

‘We have an open relationship. It works for us. It’s what we need.    We have rules. Of course we do. We never bring anyone back to our home. That’s our special space, and we want to keep it that way.    No second dates. We don’t do serious. And no staying over.    We’ve