A way in
Writing
A way into the things I’ve written, rather than the whole lot. Start with a few selected pieces, browse by subject, or see the most recent longer posts.
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Selected writing
Funny old game
In the good old days, football was a simple game. You had eleven players and a substitute numbered 1 to 12, no shirt advertising, a referee and two linesmen, a manager, a trainer, …
The code of life
// SIGNAL: INTERGENERATIONAL LINK Big kid has been learning about WWII at school. He took in a photo of his great grandfather (my Grandpa on my Dad’s side). Grandpa Fred was a …
COPD
Last week I received confirmation of a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on results of spirometry tests back in August (it took that long for my GP …
Strawberries for pigs?
Little did we know at the time, but these little strawberries were usually engulfed in a toxic plume of benzene, naphthalene, and god only knows what else. Sensibly, the wife …
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Andy’s post on Kingstonian Football Club losing their home reminded me of the loss of Southall’s football ground, and a chance meeting I had with an old supporter a few years ago. …
Digging the Lost Tapes Restoration of Grimsby's No. 1 Band in 1996
Hovercraft (UK) were a real live band, briefly, in 1995-96. We hovered in, made a lot of noise, broke down and sank without a trace, all in the space of nine months. We were number …
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Browse by subject
Six broad routes into the writing. The full category taxonomy — including formats, workflow labels and narrower subjects — remains available in the Archive.
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Recent longform
- Live at the Counter Eurovision '79
- Unsafe discharge and death by licorice
- Where You Been?
- From Antisemite to Anti-American
- Digging the Lost Tapes Restoration of Grimsby's No. 1 Band in 1996
- Peak Absurdity on the Ski School Run
- The Pied Piper of Ealing
- Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy In Ealing Goes To Die
- Hometown
- Person of Interest 101