We’ve Been Here Before

It’s no coincidence that I have rolled out of bed in the middle of the night to write this piece. I couldn’t sleep. The issues. The pain. The upset. The tumult. Everything that has been happening […]

Living in Lockdown…All So Familiar

One of the abiding characteristics of our current state of pandemic-induced lockdown is fear. People are afraid. Afraid to go out. Afraid to shop. Afraid they may be asymptomatic. Afraid to hug loved ones. Social media […]

St Paddy’s Day Downer

(Context: this was written before the Covid-19 pandemic) What do you say or how is a person supposed to feel or react when someone says the following to you? I wouldn’t want to be Irish. I […]

I Hate Magicians…

According to the Oxford dictionary of Advanced learning this the definition of the word Dweeb : ‘A person, especially a boy or a man, who does not have good social skills and is not fashionable’ When […]

My Childhood friends…Asterix and Obelix

Thank the heavens that my parents were readers. My Mum always had a Catherine Cookson on the go, or a Mills & Boon until they went ‘mucky’ as she ended up declaring. Dad had the George […]

The Accident

My primary school was like something from Animal Lampoon’s Animal House. At one time it held the British record for the greatest number of pupils in a single early year’s school and it also had the […]

The Next Direction

PLEASE READ ME FIRST! Sorry to sound so bossy at the start of what I hope will be a pleasant, thought provoking and most importantly entertaining relationship, but I wanted to set my stall out clearly […]

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