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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I Can Stop When I Want To
A train ride. I am moving in parallel lines. I am half-cut, face-pressed-against-the-glass glad to get out of here. The familiar sights fade, and I...
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Living with Post-Natal Exhaustion
I retrieve the baby wipes from the fridge and the pleasantly chilled bag of spuds from the chest freezer. We’re too tired to work out who is to blame any more.
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Scribbles From the End: Apocalypse Love
The government is coming back today. Their great black bulldogs are coming, Trundling into our grey city And turning its ashy bones to splinters...
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No Angels
It was raining. Standing at the open French windows, a redolent wind blew a strand of hair across her cheek, and for a second she fancied there was a certain hint of Byzance in the air– Julie’s late sister’s signature perfume.
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Belgium
COMING ROUND THE LAST BEND ON THE A2, I get full view of Eastern Docks. The clock on the dash says, 11.21. The sun’s out and the English Channel...
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