Over the past few days, I’ve been mining Thesaurus like mad. Having to write a series of blurbs about holidays in the snow has had...
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“What’s up? What happened?” “Ah’m no saying anything. Do me a favour and walk down the corridor to the first lounge.” JC was a wee...
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When the plot leads the horse Last night, we watched a TV series which had us gripped … up until the point one of the...
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“By my reckoning we’ve got about 60 seconds,” Andy glances around nervously. “Make sure you’ve got everything, and then we’ll make a dash for the...
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One of the first pieces of writing I had published was for a UK magazine whose content was aimed at a not very demanding audience....
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This weekend I found myself engrossed in the movie Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley as GCHQ whistle-blower Katherine Gunn. As well as being a shocking...
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One of the things I’m currently working on involves showing that Portugal offers a diverse range of scenery for visitors who like to explore places...
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It's our own fault, I hold my hands up, we've succumbed to the disease. Not only succumbed, we've embraced it enthusiastically, like it was a...
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Just over two months have passed since we negotiated the obstacle race of moving from one country to another during a pandemic. For six weeks...
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“MASKS! GET OUT!” The words were a violent shock-wave that blasted us two steps backwards, right out the door of the off-license and into the...
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