Closed! But how can this be? I fall my knees outside the Stalinesque structure that calls itself the Public Library,…
No more running and jumping
Suppose you’re an attractive, athletic young philosophy student who loves horsing around, playing sport, bonking girls and hitting the road.…
The empire nobody’s ever heard of…
Plus…the origin of the word ‘Byzantine’ and the enduring fascination of Bad Women! Last first. You might have heard of…
Thoughts while sitting next to a wet pug…
New Year’s day 2023 and I’m sitting next to a wet pug, while a sodden beagle and slightly damp kelpie…
Why I don’t want to be published!
Lately I’ve been having conversations with people about being published. No, not those people – not the useful, prestigious ones…
This month’s mysterious coincidence – men
I’ve been thinking about men and, as often happens, so has The Universe. For instance, I’ve been trying this thing…
Pointless Dinner Table Conversations, part 1
“Dad, how do I know you’re not a robot?” “Robots don’t cry in sad movies. The Turing Test says that…
An excerpt from Dead People
A novel about grief, loss and ‘the other side’ What is it like, being dead? You say, it’s like this……
Heart of darkness?
I’m afraid to go to Africa. Flies that burrow and rot, worms that come out your eyeball metres long, fish…
Having recently returned from overseas to my rural paradise, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s one thing it’s missing;…
butimbeautiful 