The story was real enough, a gem, but to tell it would be to lie
Drabble: All Stories Are Lies
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Short story: Agent Orange
Billy challenged his lockdown pen-pal Stuart to find a rhyme for the word orange...
Drabble: Heaven’s Door Knocker
He was a loner and she guessed Lockdown had been a bad time for them
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
Drabble: New Normal (Not)
They see masks as a green light to do exactly as they did before...
Drabble: Bagman
Do you imagine yourself as a witness in a crime story?
Drabble: Trust me, I’m a search engine
Brian knew the engines were so clever they practically read your mind
Drabble: Flight 370
They broke the news to the families by sms, which was heartless
Drabble: The Longest Lunch
'When half of his sandwich hit the shale slab she wanted to laugh'
Diary: 11-16 August
Will the virus dictate how our immediate world is modelled in the future?
Drabble: Face Down In The Pond
A dirty laugh echoed in the "cauldron of death"
Drabble: A Day Out In Broadstairs
She said it was Midsomer-sur-Mer
Drabble: A Book And A Bad Name
He scoured the other pages. Why did he nick her precious word book?
Drabble: Small Pond Life
Some of the fish got cut off, marooned in the small pond
Diary: 4-10 August
Thankfully, Hotel Chocolat on Cannon Street was open to buy some emergency chocolates
Snapshot: The Pond, Winnall Moors, Winchester
The spectacle that greets you will live in the memory for a lifetime
Word Wall: Nick Cave’s Into My Arms
My diaries often contain incidental thoughts or things that flit in and out of my mind
Drabble: Lulu
She was convinced Lulu died because she lived on a diet of cheese and chocolate
Billy's Scrapbook 