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  • Music
    the end bit

    the end bit

    …at last best one I want you she’s so heavy turn it up…

    May 12, 2021
  • Humour
    The Mug Protocol

    The Mug Protocol

    So if you are invited to stay at our house for a few days – and don’t worry, the risk is low, we’re not very sociable – there are a few house rules you should be aware of.

    April 8, 2021
  • Music
    Matthew and Son

    Matthew and Son

    Matthew, and his Son – or by now his Great Grandchildren – are just trying to run a business. Give them a break.

    April 2, 2021
  • Personal history Running
    Father to the man

    Father to the man

    No doubt I should have been learning more (or at least something) about the Phoenix Park murders, or rereading the turgid pages of Le Baiser au lépreux.

    March 25, 2021
  • Covid Humour
    28,103,832 drips

    28,103,832 drips

    …not a sentence anyone wants to hear at their funeral.

    March 23, 2021
  • Covid Personal history
    O jabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

    O jabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

    …as we stepped outside and felt a little warmth in the late February sun, it certainly started to feel like spring.

    February 28, 2021
  • Family Music Personal history
    Smokey’s 49-year vacation

    Smokey’s 49-year vacation

    I was prepared to leave it at that, and leave a bit of mystery in his life.

    February 18, 2021
  • Humour
    Room 101

    Room 101

    Well I’ve done all the work, but the call hasn’t come yet.

    January 16, 2021
  • Humour
    The Sneeze

    The Sneeze

    This moment belongs to me.

    December 29, 2020
  • Family Personal history
    Llanuwchllyn

    Llanuwchllyn

    “Three of those people are your relatives”. That should have surprised me, but it didn’t. After all, this was Llanuwchllyn.

    October 3, 2020
  • Charity Personal history
    The Copper Bowl

    The Copper Bowl

    He soon came back with a Swiss 50 franc note, with about a quarter missing. “You’re welcome to this if you can use it.’

    October 1, 2020
  • Accountancy Career Personal history
    Up to the job

    Up to the job

    I could see my future etched in his closed, tetchy old face…

    September 25, 2020
  • Music U3A
    Come join the u3a

    Come join the u3a

    What good is sitting Alone in your room? You’re never too old to play.

    September 6, 2020
  • Personal history Rugby School
    My Short but Glorious Rugby Career

    My Short but Glorious Rugby Career

    …had I stayed the course, Dad would have loved to give me that shirt.

    August 25, 2020
  • Athletics Humour Journalism
    Palin and Holmes: looking back to greatness

    Palin and Holmes: looking back to greatness

    So why should their attitudes to continued celebrity be so different?

    August 19, 2020
  • Career School Short story
    The Excellent Trap

    The Excellent Trap

    …there had been no career plan, just trial and error, opportunistic – sometimes desperate – leaps from rock to rock.

    August 16, 2020
  • Fiction Short story
    Navigation Aid

    Navigation Aid

    I’m going to die, and it will be a big joke.

    July 16, 2020
  • Family Personal history
    Totality

    Totality

    I’ll be eighty, thought Aelwyn. Some people get to eighty, don’t they?

    July 14, 2020
  • Music Quiz
    Cryptic Music Quiz: difficulty level – extreme

    Cryptic Music Quiz: difficulty level – extreme

    Cryptic pop quiz like you’ve never seen before.

    July 12, 2020
  • Personal history Religion School
    Losing My Religion

    Losing My Religion

    If there was any spiritual content, I never discerned it.

    June 8, 2020
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