'Hark', by Ed McBain, an 87th precinct story featuring the ensemble of grubby cops whose daily task is managing big-city crime in a unique interpretation of the word 'collegiate'
Author: Billy Mann
I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love Studios. I write about my daily activities and encounters. In 1988, I married Jane. We are still together today, sharing our lives and making each other laugh.
Scrapbook: Week 46
November 11-17, 2023
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?
Tony Benn.
What podcasts are you listening to?
In no particular order... The News Agents, Slow News from Tortoise, Taskmaster Podcast with Ed Gamble, The Rest Is Politics, British Scandal, The NS Podcast, Trendy, BBC Newcast.
Scrapbook: Week 45
November 4-10, 2023
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?
Yes, age 17. I'd try to wear flat shoes instead of the 6-inch platforms I felt might make me more attractive.
Scrapbook: Week 44
October 28-November 3, 2023
What’s something you believe everyone should know.
The beauty of income-protection insurance.
Scrapbook: October 2023
"I learned that Milton Keynes is a ray of hope"
Scrapbook: Week 43
October 21-27, 2023
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?
I had designs on being a marine biologist and working on Jacques Cousteau's research vessel, The Calypso. My careers officer pricked the balloon in the most cruel way. The End
Scrapbook: Week 42
October 14-20, 2023
Scrapbook: September 2023
One month as it happened
What have you been working on?
A detail stitchwork of London's hidden rivers
Scrapbook: Week 41
October 7-13, 2023
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
Headway East London, the charity supporting people affected by brain injury.
Who are your favourite artists?
The ones who work at Submit to Love Studios in London?
Scrapbook: Week 40
September 30-October 6, 2023
What skill would you like to learn?
Caricature
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow?
Get my favourite chair off the delivery van and install it in my favourite position, left of the dining table in full view of the TV with reading light behind.
Billy's Scrapbook 