Inspiration point (IP)
Today is the 100th birthday of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, himself a wonder of nature and one of our very, very few genuine national treasures. So this week, please write about an animal (or many animals, if you prefer!) Animals you love, or hate, or that give you the horrors, or that you once fleetingly glimpsed in passing. I look forward to seeing the results!
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Spitting image
The moment he steps onto the small stage. This is always a mixture of his deepest disgust. And his greatest desire. Those first seconds where...
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Erazofuge
‘It was my uncle who invented it, Uncle Clive, he’s always been a very..unusual man, very clever. He designed the font that they use on tax forms...
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Ralph Monkton Lives!
Okay, a bit of cheek, as in not being quite a nonce word, but I may be forgiven for inventing a nonce character, who has at times since come in handy. This is a (mostly) a true story, the facts have only been changed to enhance poetic licence.
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Wordrush, thoughtcess
Shoot from the hip, quick have your say so many openings to comment today, don’t pause for thought, or listen – you ought to think of the reasons...
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Is this the real life?
These are the most beautiful moments of his day. When the blue-white light falls gently and benevolently on the worn cherry wood parquet floor. So...
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