‘British Friends listened carefully to Irish Friends as they described twenty years of change.’

Thought for the week: Marigold Bentley takes another look

by Marigold Bentley 19th July 2019

When my daughter pointed out the warship moored in the bay, I couldn’t see it at all. I was waiting for cataract surgery, and details had completely disappeared for me. Things around us were somehow not there at all. I relied on someone describing them, but they were inevitably less real. The shock and delight of having one eye restored in May has not left me – I had missed so much.