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! 

Inspiration point

Cherry

Notes on the Construction of Cloud-Castles (IP)

Cloud-castles require careful structuring. No mortar will hold a brick of mist, or a turret of stars. The architect must bear in mind that dreams...
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Castle in the Clouds (I.P.)

(Edit) Her mother seeks her out – but not in her bedroom, for she seldom sleeps there..
Cherry

London, then and now (IP)

Crowdy, rowdy, slums and wealth, costers, brewers, fresh-dug sewers (– somewhat improving smells and health), opulence and poverty, kindness and...

The Wish of a Lifetime

‘Don’t be concerned, young priest, I am not depressed. Death is such a wonderful thing to look forward to – I cannot wait.

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