A Trip through Time – Vincent Saint Quentin Upon this French bench, I sat in recumbent silence. The food before me, a bagel, were not the article of such renown, as alamode. And the pigeons here, were just as agreeing as in any other...

Mm, shall I write about the Big Taboo? Okay, let’s put it this way: if the Voice Upstairs called down to me “Come in Gerry, your time is up”, how would I feel? Well, on a purely selfish level, I’d be fascinated and excited at the...

I was reminded of a place I always wanted to go. The new Trolls movie is bound to make waves. The first attempt at singing for Anna Kendrick was terrific, intimate song choice, full of self satisfaction. The next instalment, World Tour,...

The coronavirus is irking me. I saw the initial excavation of a hospital for five thousand beds and it reminded me of North Koreans marching to the Bee Gees. The trucks and diggers looked like ants swarming a toilet bowl. I have...

I am trying to emulate a certain style, jumping around, rather than staying linear. A man sat on a bench, and he were eating lunch. The ducks, were being fed, by little children, but a boy were drowning in the lake, and the old man were...

Wow, January is nearly over and as we limp, blooded and skint, towards the first payday since Christmas, here is a little round up of the interesting and thought-provoking (and sometimes downright witty) stuff we’ve been talking about on...

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Hi everyone, we had such an interesting week of discussions, news and ideas that I thought it might be nice to do a quick round-up in case you missed anything. Firstly though, a little plea. If you’ve not yet added a photo to your...

Hi, everyone. I joined before Xmas but had problems with login and had to join using a new password. As a result, I can't access the various discussions to which I had previously subscribed and for which I am still receiving emails, to...

Just uploaded one of my unpublished short stories to the Files section on my profile page, just in case anyone's interested in taking a look.