Inspiration point (IP)
As you will have seen on the front page, this week we very sadly lost Coral, who wrote as Seashore, one of ABC's dearest friends and staunchest supporters. Our Inspiration Point is 'Friendship' - be it happy, not so happy, funny (Coral had a great sense of humour) or affectionate. I look forward to seeing the results!
Inspiration point
Taking Tea - Kavinda and Me

Part Two of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Will you take tea, dear friend? Ceylon or Dundee?
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Overboard
cold in current, never much to thrash for.
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A Black Morris Minor and a Pink Carnation

Part One of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Coping with the heat, the flies and the disco funk.
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Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa"

He stands before La Balsa de la Medusa in the Louvre, motionless, arms hanging limp at his sides, as if the painting itself has robbed him of the...
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Gaffe!

Was it in the 1910s? – my mother’s tale half-remembered – … the blundering effort of someone to soothe …
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