Inspiration point (IP)
Today is the 100th birthday of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, himself a wonder of nature and one of our very, very few genuine national treasures. So this week, please write about an animal (or many animals, if you prefer!) Animals you love, or hate, or that give you the horrors, or that you once fleetingly glimpsed in passing. I look forward to seeing the results!
Inspiration point
The Pianola

It sat in pride of place in gran's front parlour, a place to sneak into while the grown-ups did their grown-up things in other parts of the house. A...
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Parallel-Army.

When Noah said, “There is going to be a flood,” Everyone but 8 of them laughed, until their last breath. It does not mean the majority was right, it...
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The Marriage Chest

She acquired a chest of golden hue with drawers of graded size where things would be stored for a longed for life with the perfect man whose eyes...
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The jewellery box
The jewellery box was my gateway. When I lifted its clasp, the music — Für Elise, but thinned and sharpened by the tiny pins and teeth of the...
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The Coffee Table
When I was twenty, I worked in Oliver Bonas on Kensington Church Street, directly under Anna Bonas herself. The stock never impressed me — torpedo...
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