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Death on the Beach
Written after I saw a French and Saunders skit on the iconic scene where the Knight plays chess with Death on the beach, from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal . This has been previously posted on ABC, so it might look familiar. There are a few stories I'm putting back up.
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Some You Win ..
'Would you like a beer', asks the host. I think he's called Mark. I open my mouth but before I can speak, James says 'She doesn't drink'. He tries to...
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Storm Wracked Sky
Can you be drowned in a storm-wracked sky As deep as a storm-wracked sea ? Can you run aground on a pale full moon And shelter in her lee ?
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I think women were a lot more
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026
I think women were a lot more intrepid than we might think, Harry. Well done to your gran.
My great grandmother, a working class girl from Southampton (in fact the mother of my grandad above) went to sea on the White Star liners as a...
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Brilliant as usual, Jay.
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2026
Brilliant as usual, Jay.
I don't know how much of the science in the story is true, but I do know that the brain can be 'tricked' into seeing colours. When I went for an interview in 1972 to Reading University's science department, one...
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That's great Jenny, please
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026
That's great Jenny, please let us know the news on Thursday. Kat x
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I hadn't heard that 'Write
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026
I hadn't heard that 'Write drunk, edit sober' but I love it.
As I don't drink alcohol, I think I will have my own version 'Write with passion, edit without it'.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 18 (iii)
Good writers like you don't
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Good writers like you don't need a lot of words to paint a picture Harry. Like Di I can see your characters in my head perfectly. Think of Hemingway's Iceberg Principle, and he didn't do too badly !
I think it helps that we're...
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Buddy
Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Pleased to see Buddy put in an appearance
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You evoke the period so
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026
You evoke the period so accurately Harry. I remember being washed in the kitchen sink, we were so small that my sister and I fitted in together. This is c 1960. We did have a bath upstairs but I guess it was easier / more economical to wash us...
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One of the main sticking
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026
One of the main sticking points in the US/Iran negotiations is that the US killed off all the Iranians at the top level of government and then moaned they had nobody with any authority to negotiate with .. it would be funny if it wasn't so tragic...
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I know what you mean about
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026
I know what you mean about stories taking on a life of their own. Personally, I don't necessarily want an ending where everything is tied up. I rather like the books/films where you have a long conversation with your friends about what actually...
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Jenny - all large Tesco
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026
Jenny - all large Tesco supermarkets have a quiet hour Wednesday and Saturday, from 9am-10am. My neighbour goes to the one in Cirencester because he doesn't like noisy and crowded environments. They dim the lights and lower the checkouts noise...
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