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Flash fiction: Horror House challenge #5

Jan 13, 2023Jan 28, 2023 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

'Did I chop off the cat's tail? I don't know because I don't know anything. I just woke up and I know nothing, not even who I am'

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Drunken duck staggers home from Pond Club

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Approximately 3 billion ducks are slaughtered each year for meat worldwide.

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Got the T-shirt: Covid Tiers

Nov 30, 2020Nov 29, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

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Political rant: Labour’s golden moment

Nov 29, 2020Nov 29, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

There is much discussion about whether to support or reject the new tier system

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Backyard holidays: Portugal

Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Portugal isn't exactly just round the corner, but the notes I made when on holiday there in 2017 are in a drawer in my bedroom...

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Flashback: This week last year

Nov 12, 2020Nov 11, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

My Diary for this week last year tells me that I was…

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Backyard holidays: World tour in stamps

Nov 8, 2020Nov 7, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

I don't think this dusty miniature volume was Willie's philatelic pride and joy

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Backyard holidays: Whitecross Street, London EC1

Nov 7, 2020Nov 6, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

This was once the workplace of women known as prostitutes

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Flashback: In this week last year

Oct 23, 2020Oct 22, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

I accidentally sat on my reading glasses. So it became the holiday "of sticky tape and epoxy glue"

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It’s what I do: teacher assistance

Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

I help pupils write sparkling prose and cracking headlines

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SoCS 19.9.20: Tion Wayne

Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

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

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News Wall: The plan is… there’s no plan

Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

News in pictures

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Backyard Holidays: Festival Gardens, St Paul’s, London

Sep 5, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

The original street plan shaped the gardens you see today

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Backyard Holidays: Hoxton Street, London N1

Sep 4, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

It is an exotic place, an eccentric jumble of colour that never fails to reward

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Backyard holidays: Coober Pedy, South Australia

Aug 30, 2020Sep 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The joy of travel without moving (very much) One of my fridge magnets...

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Snapshot: The Pond, Winnall Moors, Winchester

Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The spectacle that greets you will live in the memory for a lifetime

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Flashback: The socialite and the spy writer’s mother

Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Her husband ran off with Mrs Eve Fleming, mother of the James Bond author Ian Fleming

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Rant: Second spike will puncture presumptions

Aug 2, 2020Aug 2, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Sympathy of poorly performing politicians is running out

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Drabble: BME

Jul 29, 2020Aug 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

What kind of love did they share? What made them strong?

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Creative Community Challenge, 15.7.20

Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

'The painting showed a tall brown tree trunk in a jungle of green'

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