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Terence Mullan
During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.
Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.
I think I envy Spencer a
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
I think I envy Spencer a little bit. Round about four o'clock most afternoons I could do with a cable to the mains to recharge myself. Is he going to be immune to the ageing process?
Nice one Jane. I'm looking forward to the next episode...
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you...' Part 4
A man with a low, gravelly
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
A man with a low, gravelly voice with an Eastern European accent...
I was sitting next to him on the bus into town yesterday.
And there was the smell of weed... or was it just wee?
I'll have a word with him.
...
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We, with a roof over our head
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
We, with a roof over our head, not rubble ... words that really hit the spot!
We need to consider that each day a smaller and smaller proportion of the world's population can enjoy this privilege. And we should remember this as...
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There are significant amounts
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
There are significant amounts of work to be done, Rhiannon, if we're going to pierce the darkness of foolish hatred. I fear it's an insurmountable task. I wish I could be proved wrong.
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During my working days I knew
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
During my working days I knew dozens, probably even hundreds, of people who were victims of dementia. Some of them I had known before the illness struck. Some I only met once or twice. Because of the nature of my work I had to get quite close to...
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Excellent stuff! A very
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Excellent stuff! A very amusing read.
When you introduced the 'lovely second edition of “Death on the Nile”, in Times typeface' I got a bit hot under the collar.
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Yep... the biggest in the
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Yep... the biggest in the land, we were told. Foxwood School in the middle of Seacroft estate in Leeds. It was a comprehensive school purpose built in the 1950s and at the time (way before my time) advocates of the comprehensive system sent their...
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I'm glad you feel fine and a
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
I'm glad you feel fine and a bit better than before. It's very brave of you to not just go through this but to write about the experience too. I hope to read many more of your pieces of writing.
Good luck, and good on you.
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An enjoyable poem, even
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
An enjoyable poem, even though it does remind me of the maths lessons at my school.
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Thank you for your comment
Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2023
Thank you for your comment Rhiannon.
I try not to appear negative but when I look around me now I feel that most things in the world aren't as good as they were when I was a teenager and, in some cases, they're drastically worse.
Read full commentPosted in Me and My Muezzin
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