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Ewan Lawrie

The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
Both Moffat novels are available here

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Bronte's Inferno XXVI (Moonlighting)

Well here's another slice of - well - ham, I suppose. I made the image myself at canva.com, bet you can't believe that.
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More Politics For Beginners

The image reads " William was frankly bored. School always bored him. He disliked facts, and he disliked being tied down to detail, and he disliked answering questions. As a politician a great future would have lain before him. " Richmal Crompton predicting the rise of Boris Johnson in 'More William', first published in 1922. Image author's own.
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Whistles

It's not really about whistles. image source wiki-commons: licence CC BY SA 3.0
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Bronte's Inferno XXV (Parma Violets)

Long time no write... never mind. Image is PD source wikipedia.
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The New Maths Project

I wonder what really bad news this is distracting us from? Now with added audio! Image made by author from PD elements, at Canva.com
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279 of my comments have received 299 Great Feedback votes

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Excellent beginning.

Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022

Loved this

'He smelt like soap and rust'.

You have a typo at 'only to open the wrapping and remembering', you need the same verb form if separating 'open' and 'remember' with...

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Posted in "Exotic Illnesses" - opening chapter of novel

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When my wife

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...

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Posted in chemo 4

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Very Good Indeed,

Posted on Thu, 28 Jul 2022

poor old Saltburn By The Sea. Used to travel over with rugby mates in the close season just for something to do. Shows how exciting Darlington was in 1978.

I'm worried that the numerical mismatch between the voyeurs and exhibitionists...

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Posted in Stick of Rock Part 2

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Well done,

Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022

remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.

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Posted in Contour and wave.

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I feel like I've

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

been on the Marrakesh Express...

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Posted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road

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Been thinking about this one...

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022

The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...

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Posted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto

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I confess

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022

I did enjoy the the silence, once it started being filled by wildlife. At the depth of the lock-down a deer was running down Jepson Road - usually a very busy thoroughfare. I hate the noise those buses make really, but when I was young, you might...

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Posted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto

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Welcome back...

Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

Although I fail to see what could be more important than keeping us amused.

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Posted in Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks

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Most of the classic P.I.s

Posted on Wed, 10 Nov 2021

seem pretty well known by the underworld and the police. I like the fact that Miss G is as nihilistic as Micawber. Femmes Fatales are much more interesting when they're less passive. 

 

Besides, I have absolutely NO idea where this...

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Posted in The Picture Ranch 55

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Scotland

Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2022

a land of harsh beauty and rugged romance. A bit like your poem.
Well done, I enjoyed this.

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Posted in Midst Highland Shadows

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