Writer
Ali Fraser’s articles have appeared in several magazines and British papers, including the Guardian and Telegraph. He specialises in travel writing but his work also includes profiles and music reviews
"Dolly continues her journey back to her 'true' country home, but she makes every song on Little Sparrow sound like a pastiche of mountain music.
Searching for Dad in Malaysia
I barely noticed the tree stump. The wood was grey with age and creepers snaking round its base were sucking it back into the rainforest. Then I saw a sign in the undergrowth: on this stump Allied prisoners were beheaded by their Japanese captors. I looked closer. The surface was scored with several deep groves... Read on
There aren't any roots on the trademark platinum wig, and hers are pretty well hidden, too..."
end of a marriage in cornwall
On a hot August night, two weeks before our holiday in Cornwall, my wife told me that our marriage was over. Apparently she had fallen in love with the man working on our house. At first I assumed we'd abandon the holiday, but our three boys were looking forward to it, so Kate and I painted on our smiles and headed west... Read on
''They said John Prine was the new Bob Dylan when he began but as one superb album has followed another Dylan these days is the old Prine.
adults only in the turks and caicos
'Honey,' said the pretty woman, touching my knee, 'I don't give a rat's butt what that lady said about nursing sharks being tame an' all - if I see one, I'm out of there.' Here I was, alone, at an adults-only resort. I was going snorkelling, the sun was shining, and already a woman in a yellow bikini had her hand on my knee... Read on
Souvenirs is what country music is supposed to sound like..."
moving to france - and back again
I realised our days in France were numbered when I came back from work one evening and found my wife sobbing on our bed. This wasn't the first time she'd been tearful since we'd moved into our Tarn farmhouse, but it was the last. On that night, a tacit understanding passed between us that our life in France was over... Read on
the troubled country troubador
Two years ago, Steve Earle watched a man die from a lethal injection. Jon Nobles had murdered two women and few people were bothered by his death. But Earle found it offensive. 'His mother had called and for the first time in 12 years he was allowed to talk to her. As his last act he sang Silent Night for the woman who'd abused him...' Read on
