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The Fox and the Elm Tree
For Julia and Robert. And for Coral and Sarah.
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If I Were a Fish
June is busting out all over… from day sixteen to the end of the month, each described in 100 words.
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Marlene Dietrich’s Gappy Teeth
June is busting out all over… the month’s first fifteen days, each described in 100 words.
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Up to Their Ears in Tears
Good people raise their voices in anger but nobody hears them. It seems that nobody wants to hear them. Meanwhile Palestine and her children bleed to death.
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Those Shameful Blue Pyjamas
You are what you eat but you’re not what you wear.
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The B52s
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
My kids and I were out in the car one day that must have been in 1999 and we went past Fairford. On the runway there were about a dozen B52 bombers revving up their engines in readiness for taking off to bomb Belgrade (they have a new target...
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Chippenham
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
We were living in Chippenham, a place where these things happen. We still talk about the noises made by the little girl who lived in our house when it had been a mill.
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Therapy
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
Aye, the whole family is.
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Tory Backbenchers
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
There’s only a thin line between a West Ham and a Millwall supporter. West Ham are renowned for being a family club, which means that even the granny is a racist thug. Allegedly!
I’ve been thinking about teeth. I’ll think some more and do...
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Teds
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
When I was an Eastender the rhyming slang they used for teeth was Ted Heath. I first became aware of this when a West Ham United fan I had the pleasure of working with would often regale his account of the time he had all his Teds kicked in on...
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Get well soon!
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2026
Oh Jenny, this is awful news.
I was really sorry to learn about your pain and your hospital ordeal. I don’t care much for hospitals. I think they’re the last place you want to be when you’re feeling rough.
I’m glad to see that you’...
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It's about Achill Island.
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
It's about Achill Island.
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Brrr!
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
I do remember it but only vaguely. I was five years old so it was my first year at primary school. I’d already decided that school wasn’t for me, so having to fight off polar bears to get there was the cherry on the arctic roll. I remember the...
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Gaïa
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
I don’t know how shih tzus would survive without human interference. We have to wash Gaïa’s face every day because she gets so much food (and worse) stuck to the hair on it. We take her to the groomer every six weeks most of the year but in...
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Colin and the Banshees
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
The Banshees of Inisherin is a peculiar film which some people say is mad and totally unbelievable. But we were on holiday in Mayo when it was released. We saw it at the cinema in Westport so, as we recognised so many of the film locations, it...
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