Autobiography

Someone I knew well went to Oxford as a mature student and I associate getting to know M with him, although we actually met in a betting office where...

Looking back I see how we changed gradually from extremely polite well behaved children into feral nuisances. Money was always tight and as soon as I...

Talking to oneself was well known to be the first sign of madness. Mrs Baker was pale and distracted all the time. Her two little girls wore dirty...

Another Sunday in the village. We went for a walk to the Green, lingered at the bus stop to read the rumours and share a smoke. The one place open...

Except for Tink nobody was that fond of him and it was evident he had issues - and not just with his adenoids. But in those days we were so tolerant of people's oddities we were blind to their covert behaviours.....

A young married couple struggle to get by on one wage. They are renting a one roomed wooden dwelling called The Retreat. A baby lies in the corner,...

Fruit would appear in the house at different times and for various purposes. We had no fruit bowl. There would never be, say, a bunch of bananas, but...