Her husband ran off with Mrs Eve Fleming, mother of the James Bond author Ian Fleming
Flashback: The socialite and the spy writer’s mother
Category: WRITING
Drabble: Lulu
She was convinced Lulu died because she lived on a diet of cheese and chocolate
Drabble: Things Can Only Get Bitter
In the middle of the night, guilt arrives with its haunting visage
Diary: 1-3 August
One of the huge terrapins was even out on a rock, sunbathing
Video: Barbican Conservatory
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In pictures: Barbican Conservatory
Lost in its wild vegetation and pondlife, you can easily dream of a better world
Rant: Second spike will puncture presumptions
Sympathy of poorly performing politicians is running out
Diary: July 2020
Includes: Gothic horror, a slip-up with the Nuclear Trigger, and a drunken duck on the loose
Diary: 29-31 July
Discarded face masks and rubber gloves will be neatly preserved as fossils in the geological record
Drabble: Dog-collared
It was the smell… the mothball stench of the clergy that got to him
Blog review: My Life As A Piece Of String
There is so much not to like about it, and yet...
Drabble: He Tried To Act
There he was, trying to look like he gave a toss about Casear
Drabble: BME
What kind of love did they share? What made them strong?
Diary: 26-28 July
'She pedalled furiously with a dead and rigid Lulu in her pannier'
Diary: 22-25 July
'In the back of a cupboard we found an old Sony Discman, which still works perfectly'
Masculinity & Me: A photography workshop
'What does your photo say about you and your relationship to masculinity?'
Diary: July 19-21
'In Parsons Green we heard two sisters compare the number of marriage proposals they'd had'
Diary: July 16-18
'He is originally from Australia and anally incontinent in front of a camera'
Diary: July 12-15
'Rishi is greasing a comfortable path to Boris's job'
Artwork Archive: Can Isaac, Catalonia
'...Where a dog barking is a main event'
