"It was a two-way conversation: he told me his story as I asked questions and listened. People passed by. Some gave him money; most didn't. No one stopped. 'See, fella, ' he said, 'I need more than money for food and things. Yeah, I need that too. But I also need people to hear me.' That day, I opened my ears and took the time to hear people on the streets talk." (Excerpt from The Reason, Michael Roy's explanation for writing these stories.)
Michael Roy carefully listened to the men and women who inhabit the streets of Philadelphia, America's fourth largest city. Whether they lived...
"It was a two-way conversation: he told me his story as I asked questions and listened. People passed by. Some gave him money; most didn't. No one ...
Pits and Boots derives from excavations carried out in 2007-8, in advance of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, that uncovered the backlands of an area that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The site is well-dated by dendrochronology, augmented by artefactual evidence, and indicates activity from the late 12th century AD into the early modern period, with a particularly intensive period in the 13th century. Structural evidence consists primarily of the backland boundaries, hearth/ovens, several wood-lined wells and many large pits. It is...
Pits and Boots derives from excavations carried out in 2007-8, in advance of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, that uncovered the bac...
