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Oct
28

ROBOCOP

LAIKIN (TETSUO) Just woke up and saw lights flashing. Got me rattled like Michael Corleone in Godfather 2 when the
6 min read
Oct
25

MYFANWY

For a pint and a packet of nuts Gareth would sing you Myfanwy and he'd own your heart
3 min read
Oct
24

LITTLE BIRD

Each morning it would arrive as regularly as the mailman. Raymond would brew up a cafetière of coffee and sit
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Oct
22

AN AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

From the age of seven, without fail, my Uncle Larry would take me to the opera for Saturday matinee performances
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Oct
21

THIS IS A LOW

There  are  warnings  of  gales in Viking, North   Utsire,   South   Utsire,   Forties, Cromarty, German Bight and Humber. No matter where
3 min read
Oct
19

WELCOME TO NEW YORK!

A dear friend of mine is taking his teenage daughter to New York City for the first time today and
6 min read
Oct
18

THE POISON TREE

He couldn't look at a blue sky without seeing the threat of rain up ahead and couldn'
3 min read
Oct
17

AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING

You tell me that you heard every sound there is And your bird can swing But you can't
4 min read
Oct
15

A WORLD WITHOUT YOU

They had no more use for him. In an age of artificial intelligence and advance defence equipment, his function was
4 min read
Oct
13

HE STILL HAS TO PAY

"Mr Wilder?" "Call me Billy." The Austrian writer/director stepped into the Spanish-style Bel-Air mansion, noticing
4 min read