Post-lockdown exhibitions have their hazards
Diary Snapshot: Exhibition nightmare
Literary imposter stalks Liverpool
Well-read New Man in search of female company
Backyard holidays: Coober Pedy, South Australia
The joy of travel without moving (very much) One of my fridge magnets...
Diary Snapshot: The Scent of Fertility
The smell of tomatoes
Drabble: Three songs, one story
Brian finally agreed he was in trouble when he started to believe Romeo, as Mark Knopfler reports, really did proposition Juliet with the words, "You and me, Babe, how about it? Further clues arrived. He'd grown obsessed by what Elton John saw in the Tiny Dancer's "pirate smile". And what Billy Joel sang when that … Continue reading Drabble: Three songs, one story
Diary Snapshot: Zoom secrets revealed
The hugely successful conferencing app is the skiver's best friend...
Diary snapshot: Another Penis Euphemism
I checked about 10 times that I'd written it down correctly...
Short story: To Sir With Love
I had a black female friend aged eight, the same as me, and she was the only one in the school
Diary snapshot: Allotment wanted!
When requests appear on our local online noticeboard...
Drabble: All Stories Are Lies
The story was real enough, a gem, but to tell it would be to lie
Diary snapshot: Misery Monologue, with oats on the side
It continued in a taut spiral of dark introspection
Short story: Agent Orange
Billy challenged his lockdown pen-pal Stuart to find a rhyme for the word orange...
Cat fed up with pathetic owners
They've been told by experts that house cats rarely stray far from home
Craft: When needles must
I can’t say I'll miss this stitching project when it is finished
Drabble: Heaven’s Door Knocker
He was a loner and she guessed Lockdown had been a bad time for them
Diary snapshot: Sex On The Beach
The algorithm feeds you titbits according to your needs
Diary: 17-23 August
Masks litter the streets, the beaches and the seas
Video: The Enchanted Interiors, Guildhall Art Gallery
An exhibition of male depictions of women sitting meekly in their “Guilded Cage”. The Pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones distinguishes himself as Misogynist-in-Chief with a pompous ramble: "Women ought to be locked up. In some place where we could have access to them but that they couldn't get out from." There were some notable disruptions (mainly from WOMEN artists and … Continue reading Video: The Enchanted Interiors, Guildhall Art Gallery
Video: One Day Last Year
I laid out tables stuffed with my memorabilia and invited guests to eat cake, drink champagne and browse
Artwork Archive: 26 Seconds To Go
The Jonny Wilkinson 'moment' was the last act of a very fast piece of drama
Billy's Scrapbook 