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I’m something of a joker

Defective detectives.

Black dog on the skyline ridge in the flat grey afternoon, soundless in the hills going south. Padfoot mimicking the walker on the gravel path at the...

Layers of authority, avoid responsibility, the ‘buck’ lands nowhere, no-one knows the whole, no-one knows the enquirer, ‘chinese whispers’ muddle all...

In the corner lies a relic of fierce camaraderie, of battles fought with banter and laughter, of a summer whose warmth ceases to be. Soaked in blue...

It was the midsummers Eve Ball and Luke Martin was enjoying an illicit cigar on the East Terrace of the great hall, and the reason he chose that particular place to smoke was because it was the furthest from the ballroom and therefore the furthest away from his wife’s disapproving eye but that wasn’t the only reason he always sought out that spot.

Prissy Leghorn crossed the road

It was very sad when your life came to an end. You weren't just a cat, you were also my friend. You became my cat after you were born in 2002. You...