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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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