Raymond Tallis is a philosopher and poet. ‘Certain Thoughts Arising out of being Pointed out by my Two-year-old Son’ was his first published work of prose. His book Michelangelo’s Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence was published by Atlantic Books in 2010.
‘I was also unable to imagine that future years would generate a pair of green-brown eyes which would look at me, a little brain that would recognize me, a small mouth that would re-christen me 'Daddy’.’
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