Inspiration point (IP)
It's Wimbledon! It's time to pretend there's nothing in the world that a beautifully executed backhand can't sort out. Pass the strawberries and have a go at this week's Inspiration Point: Going Courting. Do with it what you will!
Inspiration point
African Memories
Old Madala, a picannin friend and I passed time in mouth-watering anticipation. Under the Mopana tree, which stood near their khia at the end of our...
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Swallow pride, ask Dad, listen…
I was a teenager, age about 15. I’d learnt to float happily when we regularly visited the beautiful quiet cove at Cwm-yr-eglwys in north Pembrokeshire. But I couldn’t swim. My father tried to teach me, but I think I was too stubborn to listen properly … But now I wanted to go to a youth camp back in Wales with a friend, on Bala lake …
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part One
Becoming governess and traveling with a wealthy family, didn't seem like a problem. I was living my life to the full, but I should have perceived the...
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Dora. Part Two.
I had met Dora’s parents and brother, they were lovely. Her dad was a very successful man. After he retired, he had given her his car. Dora explained...
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs
This is complete fiction and has no connection to anyone, apart from mentioning death of Queen Victoria. The story takes place in Bishops Park near...
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