
Category: Non-fiction
Rolling in dough
Afterwards
I first heard of my uncle’s death on BBC News. It was December 3, 2006. I’d turned on the TV in time to catch the end of a news report about an explosion at a fireworks factory near my hometown of Lewes, in the southeast of the UK. It had claimed … Continue Reading Afterwards
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BLANK PAGE Write the first sentence. Re-write the first sentence. Just write the fucking thing and promise to come back to it. Rewrite the first sentence. What’s my idea? Is this my idea? Aargh – I’ve … Continue Reading …
A life passes
A woman watches. Life passes her window like flickering film. Wars boom and flash, a rocket lands on the moon. People get the vote and her children get older – they go from school, to church, to jobs and then to separate lives. They turn and wave. And then they … Continue Reading A life passes