She and I would sit together in her dark living room, drink strong black tea with milk, eat biscuits, and do crossword puzzles. All around us hung framed pictures and mementos: me in my first-ever ...

Context is key. For example, your own home, even if old and a bit run down, often is comforting and familiar. But if one was to approach a house that looked like it hadn’t had a human inhabitant for ...