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A Fox in the Snow

First published on January 22, 2013 - 00:33  | 95 reads

A Night in the Cells.

First published on May 7, 2010 - 22:00  | 463 reads

ARARAT

First published on March 29, 2008 - 09:24  | 417 reads

Assembling a cot in French

First published on October 1, 2012 - 23:29  | 96 reads

Big Pink Scarecrow.

First published on October 11, 2012 - 18:13  | 135 reads

Birthday on a train.

First published on August 9, 2011 - 23:19  | 228 reads

Blue Moroccan Morning

First published on May 7, 2010 - 19:25  | 519 reads

Brindisi under rain.

First published on October 23, 2012 - 18:18  | 138 reads

Clouds are to be preferred.

First published on June 10, 2013 - 10:50  | 19 reads

Conceiving Jono.

First published on April 9, 2013 - 20:18  | 67 reads

Daughters are difficult.

First published on July 28, 2011 - 19:22  | 408 reads

Death at Christmas

First published on November 9, 2012 - 01:41  | 82 reads

Death Cafe.

First published on December 6, 2012 - 18:20  | 58 reads

Death on the streets

First published on October 1, 2011 - 12:25  | 170 reads

Death under the Jacaranda tree.

First published on November 15, 2011 - 01:12  | 277 reads

Delhi and Dostoyevsky (sequel to Birthday on a Train)

First published on August 21, 2011 - 00:46  | 316 reads

Delhi: my inevitable destination.

First published on August 10, 2011 - 16:23  | 203 reads

Distracting noses

First published on June 13, 2013 - 20:23  | 16 reads

Dropping in on life.

First published on May 10, 2013 - 23:26  | 61 reads

Egged.

First published on November 26, 2011 - 23:21  | 152 reads

Frozen moments of a sad and happy life.

First published on August 15, 2011 - 21:33  | 339 reads

Gap Year - a timely rant.

First published on November 5, 2012 - 02:32  | 106 reads

Getting married in prison.

First published on July 19, 2011 - 07:20  | 371 reads

Goa - not so picturesque at night.

First published on November 20, 2012 - 13:54  | 140 reads

GRACE AND GLORY

First published on April 16, 2008 - 20:55  | 411 reads

Greek Cafe

First published on August 8, 2011 - 21:24  | 329 reads

Hangin about naked in the desert.

First published on August 11, 2011 - 22:47  | 553 reads

Happy World Toilet Day!

First published on November 19, 2011 - 22:51  | 162 reads

Honestly, I'm not lonely.

First published on July 21, 2011 - 20:20  | 430 reads

Inkwells

First published on November 20, 2012 - 13:13  | 148 reads

Interrupted Chocolate

First published on January 8, 2013 - 21:48  | 42 reads

Into the Valley

First published on March 26, 2008 - 16:34  | 422 reads

Jack of all trades.

First published on January 4, 2012 - 23:18  | 158 reads

Jazz as Therapy

First published on August 9, 2011 - 11:11  | 395 reads

Jono 6 - Jono dans le metro.

First published on May 6, 2013 - 20:26  | 45 reads

Jono 7 - last bit I think.

First published on May 7, 2013 - 12:44  | 38 reads

Jono arrives - bit 4.

First published on May 3, 2013 - 16:30  | 36 reads

Jono gets in the way - number 5.

First published on May 4, 2013 - 12:26  | 37 reads

Jono part 3 - on his way.

First published on May 2, 2013 - 17:28  | 57 reads

Just another cafe in Paris?

First published on January 15, 2012 - 17:56  | 181 reads

Kicking some serious ass in the classroom.

First published on July 31, 2011 - 07:46  | 226 reads

Kissing for a pair of shoes.

First published on March 28, 2013 - 22:36  | 78 reads

Leaving part 1: Goodbye to Belfast.

First published on June 29, 2011 - 22:04  | 347 reads

Leaving part 2: Sneaking into Scotland.

First published on June 30, 2011 - 17:53  | 240 reads

Leaving part 3: Shovelling shit in Norwich.

First published on July 1, 2011 - 06:29  | 215 reads

Leaving part 4: Finally to France.

First published on July 1, 2011 - 16:17  | 209 reads

Leaving part 5: Night of Uncertainty

First published on July 1, 2011 - 21:11  | 208 reads

Leaving part 6: A Desolate Dawn in Paris

First published on July 2, 2011 - 06:24  | 370 reads

Leaving part 7: Paris, Oranges and Philomene

First published on July 17, 2011 - 15:16  | 347 reads

Leaving part 8: Rainy Night in Paris

First published on July 18, 2011 - 07:35  | 366 reads

Leaving part last: Philomene to Perpignan.

First published on July 18, 2011 - 16:21  | 370 reads

Let the day begin.

First published on July 31, 2012 - 22:35  | 93 reads

Lying on rocks in County Galway

First published on December 26, 2011 - 01:08  | 208 reads

Messing about near Easkey

First published on December 22, 2011 - 04:35  | 161 reads

Moon

First published on December 30, 2011 - 23:55  | 146 reads

Mozambique trip: ducking rebels, muggers and malaria.

First published on July 26, 2011 - 02:53  | 400 reads

Murder at the Quacking Duck.

First published on August 26, 2011 - 15:13  | 357 reads

My abscess, my muse.

First published on August 3, 2011 - 11:29  | 401 reads

My excellent new habit.

First published on March 3, 2013 - 00:35  | 52 reads

New Year's Day, Belfast

First published on January 2, 2012 - 11:16  | 203 reads

Open Air Cinema in the African Bush

First published on December 17, 2010 - 21:31  | 424 reads

Roses for Keats

First published on August 1, 2011 - 04:21  | 474 reads

Scapegoats

First published on November 18, 2011 - 23:27  | 134 reads

Sex, Flying or Opera?

First published on August 6, 2011 - 19:25  | 355 reads

Sharmet came from Algeria

First published on September 24, 2011 - 16:32  | 177 reads

Sleeping in doorways.

First published on October 22, 2012 - 23:30  | 145 reads

Sleeping rough, sleeping well.

First published on September 22, 2011 - 13:13  | 410 reads

Stranded outside Sarajevo

First published on August 17, 2011 - 02:37  | 335 reads

Sweet, severe European winters.

First published on October 22, 2012 - 13:02  | 102 reads

That Naughty Portrait.

First published on March 22, 2012 - 20:18  | 452 reads

The dangers of sleeping in company.

First published on May 7, 2013 - 11:26  | 57 reads

The evocative power of smell.

First published on November 21, 2012 - 17:46  | 116 reads

The French Lesson

First published on January 8, 2013 - 18:03  | 153 reads

The Ladies who lunch in Belfast South.

First published on December 4, 2012 - 12:54  | 158 reads

The Nun and the Gardener

First published on September 23, 2011 - 12:42  | 233 reads

The problem with holidays.

First published on October 25, 2012 - 23:49  | 72 reads

The Reluctant Traveller.

First published on December 18, 2012 - 00:49  | 124 reads

The scent of evil

First published on August 15, 2011 - 13:49  | 179 reads

The unravelling of Ms Mukerjee's sari.

First published on July 20, 2011 - 08:00  | 372 reads

There's a rock chick sitting on my sofa.

First published on February 15, 2011 - 11:58  | 501 reads

Trust The Wind

First published on August 10, 2011 - 23:21  | 320 reads

Wearing sunshine, wearing snow.

First published on April 30, 2013 - 12:54  | 58 reads