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The Sad Demise of the Plastic Triceratops
A bit of retail psychotherapy.
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Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
Who can sleep while the genocide goes on in Gaza? Certainly not me.
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Aura Urziceanu’s Lullaby Effect
The adventures of an immigrant in Bulgaria during the latter half of May, recounted at the rate one hundred words per day.
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Poor Penka’s Parting
The adventures of an immigrant in Bulgaria during the early half of May, recounted at the rate one hundred words per day.
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Murder in the Tesco Express
Based on a series of events witnessed over a number of years in my local convenience shop when I lived in the sleepy English town of Chippenham.
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Oileán Acla
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
Achill (or Oileán Acla) is only an island by the skin of its teeth as there’s a short road bridge crossing Achill Sound (the one Claire Keegan mentioned in the book) but that bridge is the only way in and out and it’s only been there just over a...
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Fluff
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
He also has a bit of fluff
Her name is Saucy Suzy
So it’s not just the anaesthetic
That leaves him feeling woozy
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Lovely news
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
That's lovely news. Thank you very much IPFN. You've made my Baba Marta.
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Sinéad
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
Oooh Kat, I’m flattered.
If I’d only heard Sinéad O' Connor say my name I’d have been on a cloud for the rest of my life. I saw her perform live on stage once at the 2014 WOMAD festival near you. She was brilliant. I can’t say she was my...
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Guide dogs for the deaf
Posted on Sat, 28 Feb 2026
I’ve been living with the French lady for almost seven years and I’ve never seen her using hearing aids. Together we speak a combination of English, French and Bulgarian coupled with a few words from the language of whatever country we might be...
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Cracking
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
Perhaps we should spend a little less time talking about Aston Villa in these comments as every time I start to read something you have written I automatically assume that it’s set in Birmingham. I’d got through a fair few paragraphs of this...
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Cracking cheese Gromit
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
I’d be interested to know what you think of the Polish kashkaval. Where possible we’ve stopped buying food from supermarkets as, although not incredibly unhealthy, their cheese will probably contain preservatives. We buy cirene from a small shop...
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Say kashkaval!
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
Actually, kashkaval’s a bit rank. It’s like Edam that’s been left out of the fridge a couple of weeks. We only really use it for cooking or filing down the goats’ hooves. And they say 'say kashkaval' when they want you to smile for a photograph...
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The Glorious Five Year Plan of the Bulgarian Dairy Industry
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
My favourite cheese is Kashkaval
From cows reared near Plovdiv
The milk comes out quite lumpy
So they put it through a sieve
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Bossy people
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
My fitness regime amounts to this...
Any exercise is good provided you don't have to pay a subscription or wear lycra to do it.
Gardening is best. It's a great feeling when the muscles are aching at the end of a day but your lungs...
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