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With so many important and historical parts of the world burning down this year, and Mother Nature on the run, Alfred Muggins juxtaposes (or mirrors) the wanton/negligent/reckless/hapless/treacherous 'burning down' of the Afghan State, which so few were prepared to fight for in the end, and compares it with ancient times!

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Next day, Natalia stayed in the room. Telephone on the bed. “Beep…beep…beep…” she dropped it again. Every time she dropped the handset, a teleprinter...

Short answer: it was. Of all the places for a cake stall. But it was. It actually was. Tristan and Greg were stopping the car, and I stopped right...

An Appreciation Of Life - by Paul McCann . Pictures of life , captured in a world like this , with music and songs , and the work artists . absorbed...

Talking pictures.

Faces city streets reveal life's stories painted on blank faces soft warm shades aglow with hope a child gapes at new places a wrinkled canvas aged...

“He was black,” thought Natalia getting up from bed, “Chocolate mix…a blend.” She pushed aside the files and stood up to correct her white dress in...

Under the early sun and clouds salt the sea and beach, splashing the shallow waves little friends play and shout with glee happily looking for shells...