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I am a patient boy
December 2, 2020
My cockles were well and truly warmed when I read an article about Dischord records recently. What a decent chap my old pal Ian MacKaye sounds. We haven’t...
Seedy & deflated
November 25, 2020
After the legendary debauch of my imaginary book launch the following week was bound to be a bit of a let down. The avalanche of effusive praise, display of...
The Book Tour
November 18, 2020
The proud author raises his glass of prosecco to the applause of the nation’s literary elite. “Speech, speech,” they chant, eager to witness the author’s...
An Incident on Nantyglasdwr Lane
November 11, 2020
The initial plan for my wife’s significant birthday (significant being a euphemisim for one where the cake can no longer take the strain of the number of...
Haunted
November 4, 2020
The man from the breakdown service eyes me sceptically. I am telling the tale of how the problem with our car is not related to neglect but a more complex...
Alan
October 28, 2020
It’s almost my birthday so we are taking Alan up to live with our daughter at university. Alan has recently separated from his family. They suffered...
The Wars of the Horses
October 21, 2020
For a man with not a huge amount happening in his life I have a hard time getting off to sleep in bed at night. On the sofa around half past two in the...
The lentil talk.
October 14, 2020
At some point during the week we receive a Whatsapp message from our daughter who is away at university. It contains a photo of a meal she is about to eat. A...
Empty shopping trolley syndrome
October 7, 2020
I return from grocery shopping with a ten pack of small green bottles of French lager. Phil diagnoses this as the start of a mid-life crisis. It shows just...
Curtain twitcher
September 30, 2020
Big changes at Andi Watson Enterprises, previously Titanic PLC. I have moved from my writing desk where I do my drawing to the thinking chair, a comfortable...
Two jobs
September 23, 2020
The piles of bags and open boxes in the hallways of our house have been growing for several weeks now. My wife and daughter disappear on sorties and return...
FOMO or GOMO?
September 16, 2020
At the weekend I was invited to stumble around the cathedral in the dark with a torch. Even though I do not have an active or fulfilling social life this did...
To the ends of the world
September 9, 2020
You know how it is. You go to sleep without an apparent care in the world. Then you wake up and realise you have lost your debit card. A series of images...
The Wedding Present?
September 2, 2020
We possess many valuable family heirlooms none of which my daughter wants to take with her to university. For instance there’s the pan with the missing...
An uncertain age
August 26, 2020
I recently received an invitation to a convention abroad. I suspect I was not at the top of their guest list earlier in the year and they were reaching...
The Power of Procrastination
August 19, 2020
My *agent recently introduced me to the concept of Eating the the Frog. Allow me a moment to strain every ounce of my self-control in order to not make a...
Results day
August 12, 2020
Back in early June I wrote a newsletter titled, "at least I don't have to take a test tomorrow morning." I was quoting the protagonist of the Martin Amis...
Dress Code
August 5, 2020
I recently took delivery of my new Muji joggers. It’s rare that I buy new clothing (no surprise to anyone who has seen me) and so it was the cause of much...
For sale?
July 29, 2020
The other evening a random stranger knocked on the front door and asked if our car was for sale. “For sale?” I murmured, clearly confused. “No.” The man...
The Real Thing.
July 22, 2020
I recently sold a Kerry and the Knight of the Forest page and I’m reminded of the bittersweet feeling of parting with pieces of art. One the upside, yay, I...
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