Alan Russell

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StoryLes Rowse, Philippe and I Ray Schaufeld92 years 2 months ago
StorySands of time Mark Heathcote62 years 4 months ago
CollectionThe Martini Collection Alan Russell14 years 1 month ago
StoryAn Extra Step ice rivers35 years 3 months ago
StoryKieren Fallon - The Biography Alan Russell05 years 4 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary for Monday 29th October 2018 Alan Russell25 years 5 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary for Saturday 22nd September 2018 Alan Russell05 years 7 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary - 11th September 2018 Alan Russell65 years 7 months ago
StoryPeter Alan Russell05 years 7 months ago
StoryThe Flat Earth in Inverness Alan Russell45 years 7 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary - Sunday 26th August 2018 Alan Russell35 years 7 months ago
StoryThe Northern Scot 17th August 2018 Alan Russell05 years 7 months ago
StoryThe Kindness of Strangers Alan Russell05 years 7 months ago
StoryThe Shipping Line Clock Alan Russell45 years 8 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary Saturday 11th August 2018 -just a short one Alan Russell25 years 8 months ago
StoryHockey's Farm, North Gorley, Hampshire Alan Russell25 years 8 months ago
StoryTime to Reflect Over The Cruets Alan Russell05 years 9 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary - Saturday 21st July 2018 Alan Russell05 years 9 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary for Sunday 8th July 2018 Alan Russell35 years 9 months ago
StoryThe View From The Ground by Martha Gellhorn Alan Russell15 years 10 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary - Sunday 10th June 2018 Alan Russell15 years 10 months ago
StoryAn Eyewitness Account Alan Russell35 years 10 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary for Friday 1st June 2018 Alan Russell35 years 10 months ago
StoryStreet Life - Union Square Aberdeen Alan Russell05 years 10 months ago
StoryOmar's Diary for Saturday 26th May 2018 Alan Russell15 years 10 months ago

My stories

Kieren Fallon - The Biography

A sentence on the inside of the fly cover of this book sums up Kieren Fallon’s career in the saddle: ‘Triumph and disaster have been inseparable...
Cherry

Omar's Diary for Monday 29th October 2018

I have to admit that lately I have been feeling slightly scratchy. After a rather obvious display of discomfort over the weekend my Servants took me...

Omar's Diary for Saturday 22nd September 2018

This past week has been one of great disappointments. On Wednesday Servant Ticker, my own very personal turf accountant paid a visit to Omar Towers...
Cherry

Omar's Diary - 11th September 2018

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Jay Rayner - BREXIT - Scotland - Healthcare I am highly excited about being invited to read an extract from my diaries at...

Peter

Peter was one of the very first customers I ever pulled a pint for on my first day working in a local pub. For that I shall always remember him...

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5 of my comments have received 5 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you

Posted on Sun, 10 Jun 2018

From Omar's Press and Media Office:

'Omar would like to thank the Editors once again for awarding him the coveted red Cherry Award for his latest diary extract and is looking foward to a continuing relationship with the publiction'....

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Posted in Omar's Diary - Sunday 10th June 2018

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Brave and raw

Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018

You are very brave telling this sad part of your life so well done.  I really hope the writing is a therapy for you so keep it going.

Raw, what you have written is very real so again, keep it going and hopefully others who rad this story...

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Posted in Grace Part Two.

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Good piece

Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2018

Really well written piece about a part of this country's social hisory and about how people working in a dangerous environment develop a camaraderie which can never be replicated in a different environment.  It read smoothly and logically....

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Posted in The Last Shift

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Omar thanks you for your

Posted on Fri, 17 Jun 2016

Omar thanks you for your enquiry and his Man Servant has the following statement on his behalf:

'It may in Servant terms be an electronic diffuser but in feline terms it remains to be a 'thing'.

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Posted in Omar's selections for the last day of Royal Ascot & a small trauma

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A sign of good art...........

Posted on Sun, 06 Dec 2015

A sign of good art is when it stimulates a reaction,  Well done Luigi for encapsulating such a complex and multi-layered problem as the Middle East so succinctly.

There will always be 'interested parties' both in national and international...

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Posted in Plus Ça Change