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The right to play
I'm the first one in the room. And my heart beats inside me like a tipsy kettledrummer. But I'm up for it. After all, what comes next will change my...
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Love Story 24
I’d kissed Ali’s cheek when we left the church. Felt the novelty and glad feeling of having done the right thing. Even though Mum didn’t say so, I...
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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 7)
Midpoint made his way towards the back of the room. There were four tables, each with a single, helmeted clone, sat by themselves. He scanned the...
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I Can't Stand The Rain (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 44)
Chantelle no sooner gets one problem safely stowed, when another one crops up. Samantha, meanwhile, is battling the elements, belligerent port staff and her own employees.
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A child, then and now
A child, then and now Today to my dismay a child’s picture that I in my heart, nurture a kid under, a teen with mobile on-scene running to a car of a...
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Gimlet and Finchley 12 - The reading of the will
The reading of the will Ted’s will is being read in his solicitor’s office. It is a small room for such an occasion, with a dozen chairs crammed in,...
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Colours of Christmas
It’s December 1 st ….I’m declaring it Christmas… Colours of Christmas Dreams made of cinnamon, nights of ice, tree-light dancing on frosted panes...
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Merry Christmas, Mom - Part XI
When I say that you were a wonderful mother and person, i'm being sincere. The memory of the last Christmas that we shared is something I hold dear...
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Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions
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c.20/10/23 – 27/10/23 (5/11/23) In my ‘Civilians In War’ article I have tried to hold back from being too emotional. Hamas have really done it now!...
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Love Story 23
It rained every day and everything closed in before the funeral. Mum had time for a fag before we got into the chauffeured car. The cortege set off,...
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Friendly Fire
FRIENDLY FIRE I went for my pre-chemo clinical visit yesterday. I have had a fairly uneventful fortnight, and nothing new to report, except the...
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Reasons to Be Bulgarian… Naz-dra-vee!
Bulgaria… a paradise that’s maybe a bit rough round the edges. This beautiful country may not be perfect but it’s the perfect home for me and Priyatelkata. We could never live anywhere else. I took my inspiration from Hristo Botev, my lovely neighbours and Ian Dury.
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Love Story 22
The Constable looked too small to be a cop even on his tiptoes. A parvenu in uniform just out of the wrapper did little to disguise his weedy build...
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Gimlet and Finchley 11 - Gimlet and Finchley
“I can’t sleep,” said Finchley. The two puppets were alone in the carry-case where Ted had kept them for 43 years. “It’s the excitement of Ted’s...
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Gimlet and Finchley 10 - Gimlet and Finchley
Gimlet addressed the church. “Forty years ago, Ted was nobody, working as a travelling insurance salesman, with dreams of fame but no act to speak of...
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Gimlet and Finchley 9 - Blake
I met up with Beck and Mario before the funeral. It was partly because of Gavin, we thought it would be better to turn up in force. Also, it meant...
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Cooler Than Yesterday
it is midday and it's minus 3
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Crazy! Crazy Days and Nights
Dear diary...it was Friday 3 rd December 1976, when I entered a twenty four hour marathon dance in aid of a charity named START... though I can't...
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The Handover
Seven weeks of indiscriminate violence , bloodshed , torture , innocent familie s murdered , babies and children targeted and bombed in hospitals and...
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