David Kirtley
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David Kirtley
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Crunch Time (The Unwanted Revolution – By pricing!) (Or is it more of a Coup D’etat than a Revolution?) (By the Energy Companies? The new rulers of western (or is it just lap dog Britain?) society?) by Alfred N.Muggins (Erstwhile student of Economics!!)
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26/8/22 Alfred realized his modern life of luxury and relative freedom was about to end!, along with many of the people of Britain! The Ukrainian...
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The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)
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22/9/22 The new Prime Minister Liz Truss has purportedly done a plan for dealing with the Cost Of Living Crisis and Growing and Incentivising the...
Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 3
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24/8/22 There was a wonderful plateau of outside cafes and restaurants at the top of some very futuristic steps, after which they descended to a...
Our Late Queen By Wendy Kirtley (my wife)
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(Departed 8/9/22) The mother of all the nations of the Commonwealth has served us well for 70 years, through thick and thin she was there, sad times...
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God Save The King : Charles III Comes Into His Inheritance by Alfred N.Muggins
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9/9/22 / 13/9/22 Alfred was rather pleased when our old Queen Elizabeth’s son, the erstwhile Prince Charles, was announced to have taken his own name...
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I did enjoy this one
Posted on Wed, 21 Apr 2021
I did enjoy this one Marandina. Your comic satire is very up to date, and very funny. Ursula would like to be nice but has to use the methods at her disposal. Boris seems to ride through every crisis intact, but how many lives has he got left?...
Read full commentPosted in Most Vial
A fitting description of the
Posted on Wed, 07 Apr 2021
A fitting description of the piece and of the event. I like Stravinsky, and I always thought the Russians created a lot of the best 'classical' music! Now I have read this I must listen to the famous piece again!
Read full commentPosted in The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)
Most of us don't expect
Posted on Wed, 24 Mar 2021
Most of us don't expect employers to be perfect, in living up to legislations and commitments, but the kind of employers that put blame on their staff for there own shortcomings are pretty despicable. They should be publicised and their behaviour...
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 15: Princess and the Crone
I really enjoyed this short
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
I really enjoyed this short story. I thought it was a clever and relevant idea, and well put together, with a bit of fun! So watch out fellow writers. Keep writing or another writer might do this to you in his or her plot!
Read full commentPosted in The Banquet (Competition entry max 1,000 words)
I enjoyed reading this! You
Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020
I enjoyed reading this! You make the point very well, that perhaps we should all be more careful, until this virus threat is over!
Read full commentPosted in I Was So Close To Taking It Off.......................
Great piece, relevant and
Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2020
Great piece, relevant and uplifting!
Read full commentPosted in Thanks For the Memory
Good thoughtful and caring
Posted on Sun, 20 Sep 2020
Good thoughtful and caring poem! I enjoyed reading it.
Read full commentPosted in Worlds Apart
An ordinary day turns into
Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020
An ordinary day turns into something very dramatic. Darren has so much rage! Very well done!
Read full commentPosted in No Eagles Allowed
What a sad series of events,
Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2020
What a sad series of events, but very gripping. I really didn't think it would end so sadly! So much for helping others! Very effective.
Read full commentPosted in The Things We Do for Love
I did enjoy reading this, not
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
I did enjoy reading this, not that I am usually too keen on a lot of swearing, but it is often very appropriate and hard hitting in the right place. Here it suits the character perfectly, a very dramatic and extreme character, who nonetheless...
Read full commentPosted in Not too Much to Ask
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