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The school of Thought part 2
An alarm sounded throughout the hall as most of the students ran for the exit door. The door and windows barred shut, trapping them all in. One of...
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The Hug Reflex
It was still dark outside. I sleep without the curtains drawn — perhaps inviting anyone to somehow filter through the glass and slip under the covers...
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One last riddle for the week (I promise)
I first saw L’appartement at the cinema in 1996. For the film to work, the protagonist needs to radiate charisma, and I suppose, given its success,...
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Steps (Episode 28 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
Aefelthrith takes steps, reluctantly, and Dolly makes plans
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The School of Thought Part 1
“Where’s our teacher?” “I have no idea.” “So… we can do whatever we want this lesson?” “I think we have to solve the riddle on the board.” Harold...
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It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at
We tell ourselves we want change. We stare across the divide at that other life - greener, cleaner, fuller, freer - and we feel the ground beneath us...
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Riddles
In 1984, Nick Kershaw’s The Riddle was in the charts - a mysterious, catchy song full of apparently profound but entirely nonsensical lyrics. It...
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The language of the leaves
In the ruins of our century, the forests began to write again. Their script was neither ink nor binary, but a weaving of signals through sap and...
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All's Well That Ends Well
I suppose you could say my life was like a fairytale back in 1983. In a place far away in the past, I'd just had my baby, but found myself in a...
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Barbers protect men’s egos, hairdressers threaten them.
A few months ago, I went to a hairdresser’s and was treated like royalty. Before I’d even sat down, I was offered a drink - coffee, sparkling water,...
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