Seven surprising perks of having kids
Being a parent can be rough; this week alone I’ve faced homework deadlines, a sickness bug, multiple tantrums, a nasty smash on the head (their head not mine), I’ve been…
Gardening update
Well I last wrote from my garden in April. So what is happening now and how have my suggestions worked out? Our potatoes have provided an ongoing harvest, with each bucket yielding enough…
Garden update
Well I last wrote from my garden in April. So what is happening now and how have my suggestions worked out? Our potatoes have provided an ongoing harvest, with each bucket yielding…
The Hat, the Imp, the Beggar & the Wishing Well.
In days long gone, ordinary folk in need would throw a ha’penny into a well and make a wish. The people would wish for simple things, like for their children…
Shhh! Don’t Tell Dionysus, But…
I’ve been to some fancy parties, And even to an RAF officer’s Mess. But why everyone there seems to drink wine, I really can’t hazard a guess. Wine tastes to…
The Fantastic Fluke.
Twenty minute fiction. Ian Thompson passed the plate of sausage rolls to a suited man standing next to him and began to walk towards the dark haired woman in the…
How Missguided is the Fashion Industry?
Missguided go bust as fashion industry follows a misguided policy of exploiting staff, suppliers, customers and the planet instead of producing a sustainable product.
The Plant Whisperer.
Ten Minute Fiction. Once upon a sometime in the early 1980s, there was a man named Phillip Allen aged forty-six. He worked as a freelance sound engineer in some of…
Gardening to help the food budget
We're all watching the price of food rise on a week to week basis, but hopefully the weather will improve enough to eat salad regularly. Here are some other growing…
Voices from the margins: Dennis’s story
Most people assume that getting a job is the way out of poverty. And, for many people it is. But figures from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveal that one in…