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Sikes, Chapter 19: Mr Charles Dickens - June 23rd, 1849
A few weeks later, Lucy and I were able to enjoy a week together in the area around the Regent’s Park, where we sat and chatted, took tea and strolled…
Jul 23
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The Market Diaries, 20th July 2025
It’s been a while since I did one of these, what with one thing and another - mainly the crab that took up residence in my bowels.
Jul 20
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Sikes, Chapter 18. The Reading
I travelled to Lucy’s home in Richmond to see her this time.
Jul 15
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Jesus the Grocer
This is another story about the Good Lord, who, at His pleasure, likes to take visits to his creation in the form of one of the created, to taste and to…
Jul 14
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Meg
This is something that happened to me on the market recently and involves a woman we used to see regularly wandering about, one of the many who come in…
Jul 6
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Chapter 17, Molly. 2nd June, 1849
Molly Elliot is a stout woman ...
Jul 5
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June 2025
What a Drag it is Getting Old, Part 3
There’s a certain kind of camaraderie in a surgical recovery ward.
Jun 30
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Chapter 16. William Fairchild
It was with a heavy heart that I met Lucy the following day to report this latest news.
Jun 28
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What a Drag it is Getting Old, part II.
Alive!
Jun 24
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Chapter 15, Mary Swindells - 18th May, 1849
And now, we really had reached a dead end.
Jun 19
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What a Drag it is Getting Old
Part 1 - Adventures up the bum
Jun 18
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Diagnosis
When I first had the diagnosis - bowel cancer - I had a writer friend of mine say, ‘Oooh, are you going to write about it?
Jun 13
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