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11.2 Gadu Badu
A large community stayed back in the islands. They grew desperate and sentiments towards the central government heard. Trouble was brewing. On 30 th...
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Momma - Remember?
The morning coming home from waitressing and your band of monkeys stirring- you chased us to the bedroom with fly-swatter swings trying to make a...
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The Weigh Bridge Market Men
. The Weigh Bridge Market Men By Paul McCann The weigh bridge market men were a rare breed indeed . A penny in their hand was the price of a feed ...
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A Musical Mural In Hackney
. A Musical Mural In Hackney By Paul McCann I was waiting for a bus in Hackney and lifted my eyes to the sky. I was so surprised and delighted with...
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Milestones At Maldon Bridge Road
. Milestones At Maldon Bridge Road By Paul McCann There’s a Boral cement site on the Maldon Bridge Road that promotes zero harm and uses a moral code...
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Clementine and her Stalker, Chapter Three continued
After we’d settled into the carriage – first class of course – Clem seemed to be intent on punishing her father in every conceivable way, I was drawn...
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reflections on 'Billy Liar'
reflections on Billy Liar why can’t I be happy like Julie Christie stepping from that lorry cab carefree - hair swinging loose to a background jazzy...
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Golden Memories: The Office
Most of my peer groups were full of weird characters. Whether students or hippies this was the case, and it was probably more important to our...
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Radio Times
A polyphonic spectrum of melody and sound, a rhapsody of composition, a toccata in fugue. Aural symphony, timpani, Marconi’s dream retold, Wireless...
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Merry Christmas, Mom - Part VIII
You died and it's something that I don't like to remember. You won't be with me again on the 25th of December. Nine Christmases ago was the last...
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How Harper Lee helped me to gain admission to Harvard's Creative Writing MFA
‘The only time I ever came close to Jesus was the calm after her orgasm.’ This was the first line in my portfolio of stories. During lockdown, I...
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angelica (after reading Onemorething's beautiful poem)
Reality is a trap. In this garden no sun warms. Underground, worms squirm in a rootless world as tongues before words. But then, there, at the back,...
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The Late Sean Connery
He was a great actor but now he's gone. He starred in seven movies as James Bond. Connery was awesome in every role that he played. He gave a...
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A Place for Someone
She knows because she is woman her instincts old as the hills an inheritance of the antique kind bold & beautiful until the end of time her faith...
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A Hauf an a Hauf
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The cauld air slaps ma cleanly shaven face as ah step oot intae the front gairden. No in a bad way, ye unnerstaun. It’s good tae feel such a vibrant...
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Dance Of The Night Fairies
. Dance Of The Night Fairies By Paul McCann Round the little fire in the middle of the night, something strange was happening , it was a rare sight...
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A Dream Beneath The Willow Tree
. Dream Beneath The Willow Tree By Paul Mc Cann The garden was draped with mystic silk as the sun arose Beneath the willow tree I sat wearing warm...
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Freeway To The Stars
. Freeway To The Stars By Paul McCann There a some people who have no interest at all in the stars or what is happening in the firmament above...
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The Syllabus of Disappointments
Optimism appeared from behind a great cedar with a sparkle in her eye — clad in a regency gown and a feathered toque arm-in-arm we walked across the...
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11.1 Gadu Badu
An open Land Rover braked to a halt in front of the magistrate’s house on Nares Road. Major W W Phyllis and Wing Commander John Knet, who was posted...
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