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Friday, 4 April 2025
Flash fiction: A Man For All Seasons
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Net Zero. The Stranger’s Bar. And a three-line whip Ned wobbled a little as he crossed the Lobby. But he managed a bow to the Speaker’s ch...
Saturday, 15 February 2025
Flash fiction: A History Lesson
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Why do we study it? It was the last lesson of the day. Mr Balcombe donned his mortarboard and his gown. White chalk powder adorned the la...
Saturday, 25 January 2025
Flash fiction: The Creatives
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Meeting a tech bro Mandy had seen most of the building now. It was striking; a series of inverted V-shaped spars, roofed to halfway down, ...
Sunday, 18 August 2024
Flash fiction: Cold
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Everything is cold here “Dammit.” “What?” “This form. It wants her place of birth.” He was a compact man of 30 with slicked-back hair...
Sunday, 4 August 2024
Politics on the Edge
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Rory Stewart’s memoir Politics on the Edge has been a huge hit. Should you read it? What does it tell us about British politics? And what s...
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