Tina
Dearest, I’d love to have your Tina to stay —what are aunts for? — but I’m not sure if it…
Tina
Dearest, I’d love to have your Tina to stay —what are aunts for? — but I’m not sure if it…
Losing a Crown in the National Portrait Gallery
The cafe was full of connoisseurs of the scones. As he bit into his flapjack a sinister uncoupling took place…
Losing a Crown in the National Portrait Gallery
The cafe was full of connoisseurs of the scones. As he bit into his flapjack a sinister uncoupling took place…
Sharing the Dog
The Dog share didn’t work out well in the end. For a start, Dog — no mean manipulator — cadged…
Sharing the Dog
The Dog share didn’t work out well in the end. For a start, Dog — no mean manipulator — cadged…
December
The ferns around the badgers’ sett are dying down, and fine webs fret the brambles. By late afternoon the moon…
December
The ferns around the badgers’ sett are dying down, and fine webs fret the brambles. By late afternoon the moon…
Heron
Walking to the bus stop after a hospital visit, in an unfamiliar, dusty suburb, I pass a small park on…
Heron
Walking to the bus stop after a hospital visit, in an unfamiliar, dusty suburb, I pass a small park on…
New Neighbour
The trellis between her garden and her new neighbour’s garden is heavy with passion flower, honeysuckle and roses, so that…
New Neighbour
The trellis between her garden and her new neighbour’s garden is heavy with passion flower, honeysuckle and roses, so that…
The Time of Shoring Up
After the years at the gym, the diets and the supplements, he comes — nevertheless — to the time of…
The Time of Shoring Up
After the years at the gym, the diets and the supplements, he comes — nevertheless — to the time of…
On the way to Plumpton
We pull up at Wivelsfield, under a blue sky, and glance out at the one figure on the platform: a…
On the way to Plumpton
We pull up at Wivelsfield, under a blue sky, and glance out at the one figure on the platform: a…
Hermit
Let’s celebrate the solitary meal: the serendipitous trawl through the fridge; the hopeful foray into the deep freeze, the obliging…
Hermit
Let’s celebrate the solitary meal: the serendipitous trawl through the fridge; the hopeful foray into the deep freeze, the obliging…
Love-lies-bleeding
Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding and was allotted a chair at the top table at which…
Love-lies-bleeding
Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding and was allotted a chair at the top table at which…
Message
A tiny fly is moving over the page of my dull book this sultry evening, and it is my conceit…
Message
A tiny fly is moving over the page of my dull book this sultry evening, and it is my conceit…
i.m. AMSTRAD
Dear Lord Sugar, it’s been a sad week. A kind of bereavement, really. Today, a council employee in a yellow…
i.m. AMSTRAD
Dear Lord Sugar, it’s been a sad week. A kind of bereavement, really. Today, a council employee in a yellow…
For the Time Being
Time slips away while we conjecture how to make best use of it. Waking late, the hours already sliding by,…
