Opinion

Numbers Three, Four, Five, Six , Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten ......

Anyone who has had cats will know they bring home gifts. Why do they do that? Why don’t they just enjoy their catch in the garden? Its an age old...

I Sigh, You Sigh.

I sigh He sighs. I sighed, he sighed, it was almost in unison. I sleep, you sleep. He can be happy; I can be happy too. I can feel pain, so can he. I...
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No Gift Outright

In the mode of Hugh MacDiarmid’s reply to A E Housman’s Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries; taking The Gift Outright as its subject, with apology to Robert Frost. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

A Crash Course, In Spider Training.

When I met Paul, he had lots of animals and pets, including rats, monitor lizard, very large cockroaches, a crow, a German shepherd, four large...

Storm Noddy

I'm strangely attracted to biased news and infantile adverts, probably because they and their subject matter easily confirm my misanthropic world...

Things That I Love.

My favourite word on Earth is Urban. Period. I could just stop there, but I also love the word Malta. I could stop there. But I can’t because I just...

Christian Atsu.

I didn’t know anyone who perished in the recent earthquakes. About two weeks ago, the Partner of Christian Atsu, was interviewed on BBC 24 news as...