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Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
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The song of the giant’s daughter.
Promise me, never to let the children forget the songs of Finn and the Fiánna.
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Writer’s Block
Last night I took my rejection letters and formed a noose. One by one I nailed each slender slip to the wall to make that eternal circle. Those...
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I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 9
Ofsted The one guaranteed way to lose a room in teaching is start by saying, ‘Ofsted will look for...’ A third of the room will panic, this third...
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Autopilot
My mother hangs up a dream catcher she neither likes nor believes in. When I ask her why, she replies ‘Because it was a gift’ ‘Because your sister...
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I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 6
Interview day.
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This wonderfully panoramic
Posted on Tue, 18 Sep 2018
This wonderfully panoramic piece is our pick of the day. Well done!
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Beautiful, powerful and
Posted on Tue, 18 Sep 2018
Beautiful, powerful and replete with loss.
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Fantastic writing and a
Posted on Sat, 15 Sep 2018
Fantastic writing and a pertinent message. Wish you all well!
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Poor Wendy. #metoo
Posted on Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Poor Wendy. #metoo
Read full commentPosted in I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 4
I'm gonna get my mum in to
Posted on Mon, 16 Jul 2018
I'm gonna get my mum in to say you're incompetent until you give me an A.
Read full commentPosted in I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 1
It's all gone a bit quiet on
Posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2018
It's all gone a bit quiet on that front recently which makes me wonder what other magnificent fuckery thaty've got up their sleeves. But at least Brexit's been a success so we'll be in safe hands.
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Sorry! Maybe I’ll do a post
Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Sorry! Maybe I’ll do a post in Irish and no bugger will be able to translate it! Did you see that some poor English blokes were duped into thinking ‘Tiocfiadh ar la’ means ‘It’s coming home’? It’s an old Irish rebel saying meaning ‘Our day will...
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Such depth. Lovely.
Posted on Thu, 05 Jul 2018
Such depth. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Rivulets
Very powerful. The transition
Posted on Wed, 04 Jul 2018
Very powerful. The transition between the law and the law of faith is deftly done.
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I thought exactly the same
Posted on Tue, 03 Jul 2018
I thought exactly the same thing as Parson! This has such fear and claustrophobia about it that the surreptitious leaving of 'Take the first transport out' is a nice, dark ending. Really atmospheric writing.
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