Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
The Tiny Easter Teddy
Easter, even the word itself sounds full, round around the edges, pregnant with the promise of things to come. Falling in spring, within the swell...
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A Tapestry in Eighteen Panels
Panel I: The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers A shield quartered with dolphins and sea-lions, gold and azure, a trident piercing waves. Lions wear...
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“The T-shirt says it all”
– or does it? …
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It's Grim Up North
Whilst strolling gently down twilight road I encountered a man worsted by sombre load His knees were bent and shoulders cowed And his manner ungainly...
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Fannying About!
Self-care is Good, I have been trying to do this. Each morning, I have a whole orange, cut into fours, and have liquid cod liver oil, the Seven Seas...
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Body of Evidence
It never ceases to amaze me how adults can be so gullible. When Geoffrey Catchpole was noticed doing his own shopping at the village store and...
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Sandwiches, Wittgenstein and a Log
In the summer of 1991, James and I decided to make the last Grand Tour. He called it that, of course — I was just along for the ride. James had been...
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Listen to the mad man
He looks at me through glasses whose lenses resemble the bottom of a marmalade jar. It’s not clear if he can see me at all. The man is dressed in a...
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Leaving home Inspiration point ( IP )
Hi mum, just a quick update since my arrival here, we’re off in a couple of minutes to visit another campus, so I’ll need to be quick. The welcome...
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Our Journey of New Beginnings
We arrive from distant lands at a place where futures are chiselled from blank ingots of youthful prospect Anxious, hesitant, vulnerable and naïve...
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