Katine women

Anne Enright visits Katine, the African village whose stories are being heard regularly in the Guardian, and writes this beautiful thing.

The Guardian is also sponsoring its own aid appeal for Katine. You can donate through the site.

Harold

Harold Pinter died yesterday. What a fierce fucking genius. Such timing.

WInter Wonderland, New York

It's been raining hard today, turning all the snow and ice into slush and slipperier ice. But this is what it looked like upstate last weekend.