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When brain injury became a way of life…

Apr 7, 2021Apr 7, 2021 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Apologies to all who have read this story before. I need to republish it occasionally to remind myself where I am now and where I came from. ‘I tried to stand, but fell back in the chair deflated, puzzled and detached…’My stroke story…

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Diary: December 2019

Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020 ~ Billy Mann

This month's diary includes... Daniel Craig doing a witty take on Poirot, the countdown to Christmas, a holiday in Tenerife. And, er, UK voters have their say...

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Artwork Archive: Pangea

Dec 11, 2020Dec 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

To create a body of work, we used the word "global" as our theme, and that took me back to my school days studying geology

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Art in isolation: ‘All The Boys I Ever Kissed’

Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

Every name tells a story...

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Short Story: Terry Wogan Stole My Birthday

Aug 17, 2020Aug 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

‘I’d just reached a benchmark age, a moment never to be repeated. Double figures’

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Diary: 11-16 August

Aug 16, 2020Aug 21, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Will the virus dictate how our immediate world is modelled in the future?

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Artwork Archive: Earthslice

Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

It was meant to be suggestive of the geological diagrams we'd sketch in our school exercise books

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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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Artwork Archive: Razz Girls

Aug 4, 2020Aug 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The three women have fallen into a sort of driving rugby maul

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Drabble: Dog-collared

Aug 1, 2020Aug 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

It was the smell… the mothball stench of the clergy that got to him

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Blog review: My Life As A Piece Of String

Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

There is so much not to like about it, and yet...

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Drabble: He Tried To Act

Jul 30, 2020Aug 18, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

There he was, trying to look like he gave a toss about Casear

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Artwork Archive: Stephen Fry’s Ever Expanding Brain

Jul 20, 2020Jul 22, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

'His head seemed to be growing taller and taller'

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Diary: July 16-18

Jul 19, 2020Jul 21, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

'He is originally from Australia and anally incontinent in front of a camera'

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Diary: July 9-11

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

A group of giraffes is called a Tower

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Diary: July 5-8

Jul 9, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

'Trump hysterically defines anyone he doesn't agree with as a raving commie'

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Lunchtime rant 8.7.20

Jul 8, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

'They found a foot in autistic societies and now they're in charge'

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I don’t attend class, but I’m still a model student

Jul 7, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Blogging University: Bad Attendance

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Diary: July 1-4

Jul 5, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 4 Comments

‘I wonder if Nick Cave has changed his mind about an interventionist God’

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Identify Your Audience

Jul 3, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Blogging University: Day 4

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