Inspiration point (IP)
For this week’s inspiration point: It seems to have rained for weeks on end. It’s an age-old chestnut but a big canvas to draw inspiration from so please apply your imagination to stories and poems about the weather.
Inspiration point
The Moral Compass in a Post-Truth World
Fairy tales may be for children, but the lessons they teach echo in doctors’ wards and flotillas alike. From the earliest age, children encounter...
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La Barbe Bleue
The very first time I saw him, he was haloed by torchlight and the murmur of a crowd. His reputation was immense - almost impossibly heroic -...
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Tom Thumb
From my archive (© Luigi Pagano 2015).
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Little Pigs
Boring little pigs, all gathered in their fragile groups. The typical nerds and jocks and hooligans. Oh how such connections could dissolve under the...
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From her to eternity

“I do not want to die,” says the Dictator. “Mark my words carefully. Read my lips. Dying is not in my vocabulary. ” The two men are in the sauna. The...
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