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Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 28 Jul 2017 Our weather's been a bit up and down but the writing on ABCtales has been consistently good. A touch of romance - or unrequited love - in our picks for this week: story of the week is a lovely piece of nostalgia from KiriKit: https://www.abctales.com/story/kirikit/perfect-day And from snow to the heat of the night, our poem of the week is 'Wonder' from Sam Hennig https://www.abctales.com/story/...

Our weather's been a bit up and down but the writing on ABCtales has been consistently good. A touch of romance - or unrequited love - in our picks for this week: story of the week is a lovely piece of nostalgia from KiriKit: https://www.abctales.com/story/kirikit/perfect-day And from snow to the heat of the night, our poem of the week is 'Wonder' from Sam Hennig https://www.abctales.com/story/samhennig/wonder I don't know about you, but I've...

Poetry Monthly, July Hello all and thanks for your contributions this time to Poetry Monthly! Two interesting poems to go back to: catherine poarch’s Biss or Bissn’t - https://www.abctales.com/story/catherine-poarch/biss-or-bissnt Jennifer Skinner’s Brief Moment to Dream https://www.abctales.com/story/skinnerjennifer/brief-moment-dream The focus for this coming month is – Where I Write. Take this literally – do you write in a garden shed, a...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08z007p This is the kind of programme I felt I should watch. For a start it’s got Anarchist in the title. I could mention Kropotkin, but I don’t know who he is, or Sid Vicious, Anarchy in the UK . For me it’s more an attitude. Life Without Government? Like Huxleys’s Utopia, I’m not sure it’s possible but Carne Ross seems to think it is. I hope he’s right. What privileged position does Carne Ross come from that he...

If you have been following my Steak Pie saga (which can be found here and here ) it may have occurred to you, as it has just to me, 'What the dickens was the waitress doing in the kitchen all that time after we ordered our mythical steak pies?' In the absence of any facts, I've done what anyone else would do in the circumstances, and made something up: Waitress: "Oh my God, Oh my God, you've got to help me!" Chef: "Calm down, whatever's the...

'Film Vroom Vroom', it's a genre flick. Almost non-stop car chase to a sometimes apt sound track. The characterisation, plot and backstory are sketched thin and just about believable, if you choose to believe in gangsters, mental-mad car chase and a lot of the old Bang-Pop! 'Baby', our eponymous hero, has been hoodwinked into the criminal life by a big old baddie. His passengers, a new set on every job are rough tough armed robbers. Baby's job...

We are positively heaving with good stuff on here this week - particularly prose, so it's been very hard to pick the best - in fact I'm going to cheat a bit and do some honourable mentions too... Anyway, our Story of the Week goes to Weatherwax's two-parter 'A Meeting with Kindness' - a departure from his usual genre (fan fiction), and I hope to see more like this from him. A big honourable mention to Celticman for his hilarious 'The Best Days...

Some of you may recall my failure to purchase a steak pie from a local cafe a while back? I'm quite prepared to believe that this event hasn't exactly burned itself deep into your memory but I'm hoping there's a small chance of a sliver of recognition? For those for whom this earth-shattering event did not register, you can find the gory details (which include a spot of drain-unblocking) here . If you can't be bothered to check out the whole...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08ywk09?suggid=b08ywk09 I wouldn’t have watched a programme like this on Channel 4 or 5. I’m biased that way. Hate those that pedal welfare porn and mock sympathy with smattering of right-wing agenda. Trumpet at a them and us world and look at the money we’re wasting on scum. I’m not really sure this is much better. I know the script. Phoenix Futures Specialist Family Services in Sheffield offer addicts the...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08yrc78/i-know-who-you-are-series-1-episode-1 I must admit to overdosing on Cardinal recently and watching a whole series into the early hours. The premise of this Spanish drama is pretty simple but very complicated, because it involves memory and not remembering. Juan Elias Castro (Francis Garrido) may or may not have killed his niece, the beautiful Ana Saura (Susana Abaitua). Ana sent a phone message to...