Andrew Shields

The sudden twist in Taylor Swift’s “Ruin the Friendship” from “The Life of a Showgirl”

Elizabeth Taylor’s “violet eyes” in “Doonesbury” in 1980 and in Taylor Swift’s song “Elizabeth Taylor” in 2025

The thirtieth anniversary of my move to Basel

Crossing bridges in “The Waste Land” and “Jacob’s Room"

Six things that could and could not be in a backpack: A creative-writing exercise by Graham Mort

“It can only good happen”: Don Q looks at the window, sees the Six Flacks, and says things