SATURDAY There's an article in The Coversation that considers some of the small acts of ritual and expression during the pandemic that might end up as the folklore of the future. They include things like Clapping for Carers and window displays. I would like to have seen witty shop signage and street art in the … Continue reading Diary: 3 October 2020
Category: WRITING
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Diary: 22-24 September
Three days that didn’t change the world, exactly
Diary snapshot: Traffic cones
Perhaps the cone was not following the boat, but following me
Diary snapshot: Surrealism
Unnerving, illogical scenes juxtaposed with strange creatures and everyday objects
News wall: Harold Evans
I'd sit every day marvelling at what simple words put together in the right way could do
Backyard holiday: Regents Canal, London
Mothers with buggies jostled with militant cyclists. Idle students lolled on the grassy verges
Diary: 15-21 September
Brexit bust-up breaks new ground, but Covid continues to cause chaos
SoCS 19.9.20: Tion Wayne
The challenge is to use words ending in TION in a stream of consciousness. If it hadn't been for SoCS, the British rapper Tion Wayne would have passed me by. As it is, my attention has been piqued and henceforth I shall roam the land up and down, back and forth, this way and that, … Continue reading SoCS 19.9.20: Tion Wayne
News wall: Safe-distance social care
To improve opportunities and life chances, to strengthen families and to protect human rights
Flashback: This time last year
So much has changed in such a short space of time
Drabble: Accidental damage
She was hunched over the sink, head in hands
Diary: 8-14 September
I got told off again, this time for leaving the teabag in the tea cup
Diary Snapshot: Porridge
It can be mixed with spices or vegetables to make a savoury dish
Backyard holidays: Barbican, London
My Lockdown leisure walks have taken me to every corner of the Barbican's concrete wonderland. Or so I thought...
News Wall: The plan is… there’s no plan
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