At the end of 2012 I wrote some theatre monologues which may – or may not – have been performed…
The Rise of the Machines
From 2013, seeing as I was ahead of my time because #BringBackTescoStaff is today trending on Twitter, although as I…
The Second Chapter
Today is my parent’s 49th wedding anniversary. It’s coincidentally also the day my Niece becomes a teenager. It’s also nine…
Covid Encounter 02/02
Getting a Covid test. How bad an experience could something so easy have been, I hear you say? Well,…
Covid Encounter 01/02
On the Thursday 25th February I officially had one of the new buzzwords of the 2020s: the new persistent…
September, six months into Lockdown UK
I woke up early. Morning had broken, like the first morning, etc, and Venus was growing smaller in the night…
Clash of the Titans Censorship
Over Christmas the BBC showed Clash of the Titans. Not the shoddy CGI remake but the original Ray Harryhausen special…
11/11 Single Bananas
THE END. RING ALL THE BELLS. LOCKDOWN IS OVER. LIGHT THE BEACONS. CORONVIRUS IS DEFEATED. THE DECLINE OF SOCIETY NO…
10/11 Sugar Puffs
Living with my parents who are both now seventy naturally we’ve had no visitors in the house since March so…
09/11 Sweet Potato Waffles
It’s not the end of the world now that I have flour but this week I found myself taking a…