Cherrypicked stories

Under a carpet in Carlisle cathedral aisle a brass plate over a marble tomb (about 500 years old); engraved with a dog, a fish, a bird, an eel and two mythical creatures (it is said) — or are they? …Did Saint George kill a dinosaur?

Once thought to be a myth

Warning. Readers of the previous adventures of the Brighouse Stars Walking Club may find that the following episode induces feelings of overwhelming...

A whimsical look at my involvement in the world during the first half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.

I hate no spend month. It has very little to do with saving money. It’s a ploy, showing up all your self-defeating, deflecting, sublimating, time-...

Taken From the Prison Library Wish for them the cigarette smiled girls of 1948. Lipstick curled, etched stockings and a try if you dare sweetheart...

A tale of woe, deceit, heartbreak and love.

The "Historical Site" signpost drags the car off the main road onto rock and grit which make the small rental car groan. In an effort to slow the...

Sombre billows shed their weeping, pitter – patter teeters window pane; listening to healing descent of rain. In this quiet room where darkness...