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Sunday, 14 January 2024

Theirs not to reason what the fuck, Theirs but to shoot and duck.

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I might have been half listening to one of those BBC Sounds programs whilst preparing lunch, or reading an end of year best books list in ...
Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Rose-tinted memories, mis-remembered by some, forgotten by others

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A few years ago a university friend attempted to reunite our old gang. The response was somewhat unenthusiastic. Rose-tinted memories resur...
Saturday, 26 August 2023

How to enrich your life

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I love libraries. Unlike the online world, they don't limit your horizons to something an algorithm suggests because you've taken ...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Cheating at cards... it's about the only crime that can still finish you

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Last year the screen persona of James Bond turned 60. He made his debut in 1962 with Dr. No . I must have seen all the movies. I groaned a...
Friday, 17 March 2023

It's Friday, it's Fontvieille, and it's fish and chips

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We don't do too badly for fancy fare in Monaco. The 2023 Michelin Red Guide for France was published at the beginning of March, awardi...
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Virginity: the sum of a girl's worth

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In the early 1970s Mum's American pen friend and family paid us a visit on their way home from Iran; the husband was something in US di...
Thursday, 2 March 2023

Alice's Adventures in Blackpool - a poem for children that's best read aloud

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Writing Magazine's recent competition was to write a poem inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice adventures. If you've been followin...