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I HAVE been renewing acquaintance with an old friend. As always, it was a rewarding and compelling page-turning experience. It was also thought provoking, making
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All aboard the writer’s train of inspiration
It has been like waiting for a train when unaware that there has been a derailment further down the line. You wait in hope. At
Just remember this …
As I was saying before … Before what? Before when? Why did I come into the kitchen? What am I doing here? Well, as I
Sugged in by Joe and his YouTube antics
YouTube has a lot to answer for when more and more truly worthwhile causes are failing for lack of funds while a semi-literate 24-year-old accrues instant
Beyoncé and Pavarotti: what have you done with my ‘at’?
It seems that the long-standing two-letter preposition at has been dismissed as irrelevant by these two superstars and thousands of lesser lights throughout the English-speaking world.
A Lesson in Writing
I have long been a fan of Louise Welsh and her slightly offbeat tales – always intriguing, striding across genres and never less than enthralling
Suchalot laughalot
It’s completely mad, totally ridiculous and one of the best evenings of sheer fun you will have in many a night at the theatre. It
Oh dear pussy
You’ve gotta laugh. No really, you do. You can’t help yourself. The show now running at the Hall for Cornwall is ridiculous, self-indulgent, nonsensical, lacking
A bitch of a play
They don’t make them like that any more. Movie stars. I mean. Today’s so-called celebrities couldn’t hold a candle to the two grand dames of