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Kenneth takes the hamper after all; it’s worth the whole year and more, the last hamper of them all, full of mince pies and truffle spread and little...
Make a run for cherry blossom season once all the books are closed Tourists on campus marvel at bubblegum webs while military drills Ring out in the...
Wesley arrived to find the lock jammed with glue again. Third time this month he had to stand outside waiting for the locksmith while passers-by eyed...
Oh yes, Douglas Adams too, definitely.
I think every Monty Python member played a screaming woman at some stage. I think that's why they got into comedy in the first place. But Terry Jones was always the stand out screaming woman. And she...
I've read Kafka On The Shore. Never got to the others.
Its funny you say that as the first thing I ever put on abc tales was my novel What's The Moose, Munter? It was very much a Brautigan riff. Imitation, I would say. But I remember when...
Mr Beer is very much like
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Mr Beer is very much like teachers I had. Alcohol, old spice, and looking like a ballbag.
Love this.
Read full commentPosted in The Careers Teacher
You've such a knack for
Posted on Sat, 13 Jun 2020
You've such a knack for picking the perfect nature subjects, Rachel. Love it.
Read full commentPosted in The Loneliness of a Cicada
Another wonderful piece.
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
Another wonderful piece.
'The blench of past pain hums its verbs in your bones.'
Read full commentLines like that remind me why I have a liking for words.
Posted in The Exhaustion of the Hunt
So delighted this is being
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
So delighted this is being published. Can't wait to own a copy.
This piece rings incredibly true for me.
To fend off the rejections, I have created a fictional publisher in my mind that accepts every single word and phrase I...
Read full commentPosted in Flamingo Dreams
Lewis Carroll's lockdown.
Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2020
Lewis Carroll's lockdown. This wonderful tale is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Crab Customs
Oh yes, Douglas Adams too,
Posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2020
Oh yes, Douglas Adams too, definitely.
Read full commentI think every Monty Python member played a screaming woman at some stage. I think that's why they got into comedy in the first place. But Terry Jones was always the stand out screaming woman. And she...
Posted in The Monkey Plans. (An audio extract from Sven Goes to War)
A very moving poem that
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
A very moving poem that speaks to these uncertain times. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Deimos
This is our Facebook and
Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2020
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Motorway City (Rock'n'Roll will never die)
Ah, the war is over.
Posted on Mon, 02 Mar 2020
Ah, the war is over.
Except with Amstrad
Read full commentPosted in On the Spectrum
I've read Kafka On The Shore.
Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020
I've read Kafka On The Shore. Never got to the others.
Read full commentIts funny you say that as the first thing I ever put on abc tales was my novel What's The Moose, Munter? It was very much a Brautigan riff. Imitation, I would say. But I remember when...
Posted in 1984 was more than just orwell
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