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Return to Waterloo
Return to Waterloo These once children chiselled on a bench – holding hands. A July southern seafront. They are hostages to screeching pushchairs,...
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"Fragile"
The cardinal singing in the evergreen tree gave her hope; good things would come to pass. It had been too long since she’d had hope. She hadn’t dared...
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New Directions (26)
She was asleep. Drawing a seat as close to her as I could I leaned Ted and Lucy’s envelope against the water jug sitting on the grey metal cabinet aside the bed.
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The Crowd Went Mild.
The crowd went mild. It’s a great line and it’s true. I’m a big boxing fan and go to a lot of the big, and not so big, fights. Back in the day, which...
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The Glass Ceiling
For a lot of people in the West, science has replaced religion as their explanatory 'bedrock'. They believe in it with the same unquestioning faith...
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The Body in the Library
Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
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The Book: Chapter 9
Alice had brought the book home to read, though it repulsed her and she didn’t know why she’d done it. Her house felt contaminated, as though the...
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The Singer Who Stole Their Hearts
The Singer Who Stole Their Hearts By Paul McCann Joe Mc Laughlin liked to walk to work,!and rain hail, or shine, he always had a song in his heart...
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New Directions (25)
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Signs of life
Little felt now
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Testimony.
Testimony is not a word you hear often now in every day life. When I was growing up, it was a word we all knew and understood what it meant, from an...
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Matronage
I met the boy who shat himself years later. Beaky Behan. Not the full shilling. Shit running down his shorts and into his socks and shoes. He...
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Red Door
Red Door Jennifer Pickup, 03.02.2025 I heard the news today, It made my heart beat sore. I took your record out to play Only a night or two before...
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Bringsty Common, again
… and another spring first! 31/1/25 Not such a bright day as had been forecast but fresh air and a three-dimensional walk with views – Malvern Hills...
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Back To The Jungle
Back To The Jungle by Paul McCann Stinkweed the chimp was kept in captivity by a special zoo that catered for all the endangered animals on earth ...
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New Directions pt24
24 It took quite a bit of persuasion to stop Karen from grabbing the key and going to the cottage while I finished my second pint. ‘You have to leave...
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The Book: Chapter 8
The hospital had a different mood at night. Even on good nights, the empty halls created an oppressive feeling that pressed on the soul. It was a...
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"Dug"
How could I end the day without telling you all 'aboot ma dug'?! See, my dug, She’s naw right In the noggin. Tea Or coffee in my hand. It doesn't...
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Trump’s Inauguration Hot Air Balloon! By Alfred N.Muggins
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20/1/25 Alfred should be reading or studying the details of Trump’s inauguration speech! But he had missed much of it. Apparently America is going to...
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Say goodbye to USA
Musk is a rusk dipped on toilet water A billionaire we're told Imagine all the good that one person could do For so many folks But no not Mr Musk He...
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