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A Walk With Ian Down Memory Lane
A Walk With Ian Down Memory Lane by Paul McCann During my time as an Irish Radio producer with my program Craic With Mc , I was very fortunate to...
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Captured By The Music And Life Of Brian Kennedy
Captured By The Music And Life Of Brian Kennedy By Paul McCann I was in Belfast listening to down town radio and heard the song “Captured: by Brian...
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Taking Care 6 (ii)
I realised early on that I got better results from people if I didn't try to coerce them with activities. Like the thing with Greg. Instead of...
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The Sounds of the World (Rewrote)
One other note: This was not written by someone who has experienced being deaf, if anybody who knows what it's like is offended or had any...
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Mr Pettigrew
Don't be too afraid to ask. Don't be ashamed to answer truthfully...
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Noir-sery Rhyme
Like most things it'll have been done before. Best imagined as being read by Tom Waits. image made at canva.com
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Sceptical
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Sceptical and cynical, and all good claims you doubt (like scams that say you’ve won great prize but need...
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Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
“What are we going to, the elderly are freezing to death.” “Energy bills have gone through the roof, old people can no longer afford to heat their...
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Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the 'Unabomber', died in June 2023 - twenty-five years into his eight life sentences in prison for his crimes...
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Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer?
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer? With your suit pressed sharp, and eyes that scan the crowd, each promise a soft wind, a whiff of hope...
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Popping Peristalsis
The silence, heavy as it was, felt like a second skin. When he turned his neck, there came a soft, internal squelching, a reminder that his body—this...
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Drowning Not Waving (Dead Reckoning series - Part 26)
In which D.S. Stone takes the plunge, Josiah hangs on (unhelpfully) and Jeannie takes charge.
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 17
Martha moved quietly through the garden. She opened the sliding door into the first floor bedroom and waited a heartbeat before going to find...
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Before Maps Were Made
Before maps were made, no one strayed from straight lines from the cradle to their graves. But everyone knew the old ways. Winter rimed minds and the...
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Taking Care 6 (i)
It didn't take me long to settle down into the job and become a respected team member at the day centre. It was the same at Remus Lodge, too. I was...
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How much is still left
This is the end of the world, she thinks. This is the worst thing that could happen to me. I should never have started. I should instead have taken a...
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1:5:5 Forgotten (Part 4)
Back out in the ‘open’ air, they felt themselves decompress. The compound looked a lot different to how it had during their arrival; the light more...
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Rose within the ashes
An attempt at female rage (originally posted on Medium and re uploaded here). The Relunctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche (1866)
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A Toe Dipped In the Stream of Self-Consciousness
Good luck with this one. Image made by me at Canva.com
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The Big End
There are phrases that have the capacity to chill the soul, to bring on a great and impenetrable darkness, words that can instantly snuff out stars...
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