Then someone said “lazy” home-workers should be forced back to their offices
Author: Billy Mann
Diary Snapshot: Storecupboard Shame
To the early Christians, chestnuts symbolised chastity...
Drabble: U2 not really all that bad
Then someone said U2 "romanticize the shiny side of an old coin"
Diary Snapshot: Adopt a homeless hamster
Species commonly kept as pets include the three dwarf hamsters
Diary Snapshot: Galveston, Oh Galveston
An island city on the Gulf Coast of Texas, known for Moody Gardens and a famous son
Drabble: Rattle & Hum
When a Chinook loiters over Cripplegate, we all wonder...
Diary Snapshot: the Lost City of London
It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages
Diary: August 2020
The month started with signs of post-Covid life emerging, and ended with sobering thoughts on what now lies ahead...
Diary Snapshot: Prestatyn, where bands go to find their name
Rules are meant to be broken
Backyard Holidays: Festival Gardens, St Paul’s, London
The original street plan shaped the gardens you see today
Diary Snapshot: Finns can only get better
Outsider art on the northern fringes
Diary snapshot: Back to school
Rooms for improvement
Backyard Holidays: Hoxton Street, London N1
It is an exotic place, an eccentric jumble of colour that never fails to reward
Diary Snapshot: Forgotten foodstuffs
Just add caperberries
Drabble: US gun sales leap by 94%
I wasn't sure she'd say yes, but I asked anyway. That Saturday we took our weapons and headed outta town. Separate cars. All through that freaky pandemic Summer we kept 2m apart, faces covered with bandanas like they said, and enjoyed the great outdoors of our beautiful state. They said it was a recommended recreational … Continue reading Drabble: US gun sales leap by 94%
Video: Torturing a wasp
Trapping one sent a shiver of shameful pleasure through the assembled group
Diary Snapshot: The End Of The World
Everything went to pot when...
Artwork Archive: Psychedelic Brain
In August 2013, I arrived at Headway East London after suffering a stroke. This is the first painting I did in the studio and it was the start the start of a journey in which I used art to "deal with" my brain injury, to explore and self-analyse aspects of my newly acquired disability. I … Continue reading Artwork Archive: Psychedelic Brain
Diary Snapshot: Fed Up With Flying
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Diary: 24-31 August
Everything went to pot when the kids stopped playing with yo-yos



















