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Diary: June 17-20

Jun 21, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Includes: Marcus Rashford, the Big Massive Telly and immunity passports

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Diary June 14-16: Questions with no right answers

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

Can you be trusted not to cheat?

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June 7-13 Diary: London just ran out of compost

Jun 14, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

Camden Garden Centre's nifty safe-distancing etiquette is little consolation

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Diary… The Black Lives Matter movement is moving opinion

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

'Floyd died gasping for breath as the nation was in the grip of a pandemic that restricts respiration'

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Diary: May 2020

Jun 1, 2020May 18, 2021 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

This month includes... A growing irritation with ‘Normal People’, bread that looks better than it tastes, and the Cummings-Johnson anarchy plan

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Diary… We didn’t know who the celebrities were in ‘Celebrity Come Dine With Me’

May 31, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

‘Dawn had servants and a glass floor in her living room’

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Memoir… My stroke story

May 31, 2020Jun 22, 2021 ~ Billy Mann

‘I tried to stand, but fell back in the chair deflated, puzzled and detached…’

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Artwork Archive… Caesar: my part in his downfall

May 31, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

'We were about three metres apart. Between us was Caesar's dead body'

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Diary… ‘Gill is roaming London with a constipated puffin’

May 30, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 2 Comments

Augmented Reality offers crumbs of comfort...

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Diary… Lockdown Lovers find sneaky ways to meet

May 16, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

'They synchronise their visits to supermarkets'

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Picture… ‘The Dark Side of the Drift’

May 15, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Commentary Instagram: @billyscraps

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Diary: April 2020

May 13, 2020May 18, 2021 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Zoom traffic soars as Lockdown takes its toll

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Diary… When the nation started to breathe easily

May 10, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

Clusters of anarchists ditch distancing in pursuit of self pleasure in the sunshine

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Diary… When Auntie Val got locked in Milson’s cage

May 9, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 1 Comment

She was waiting for her hot date off Tinder to arrive...

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Artwork Archive: Portrait of the artist

May 5, 2020Jun 25, 2021 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Creating a portrait of an artist friend demands a determination to be true to both your subject and to yourself, says Billy Mann.

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Reflection: This time last year, the hot topic was ‘goose holes’

May 4, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

The garden at Penllech Farm has walls with small cavities cut into the stone

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Diary… 19-25 April

May 3, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

‘She said her recovery from an ankle injury was going well. She could now put on her knickers without sitting on the bed’

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Reflection: Some people call me an artist

May 2, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ 3 Comments

Con artist, yes. Genuine artist, not really. I just make pictures, says Billy Mann.

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Art in Isolation: Mona Lisa needlework

Apr 24, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Nothing could have shocked Leonardo da Vinci, except maybe this...

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Art in Isolation: April 18-23

Apr 24, 2020Jul 17, 2020 ~ Billy Mann ~ Leave a comment

Words in pictures from the past few days

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