Hay fever. Fuck hay fever. Fuck hay fever like it’s fucked me. In the eyes, the nose, and the throat. My eyes are red, like a cartoon junky; like a bong-smoking night creature thrust out into morning; like the protagonist...
Category - Observations
Week Four and the final instalment of Inktober 2017. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. To catch up on previous weeks follow the links – One, Two, and...
Week Three. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Week One and Week Two Day 15 Black Eyes, Burnt Thumbs With black eyes, burnt thumbs and rouge on her cheeks of an...
Week Two. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Day 8 Voiceless There was nothing left of his voice. It had deserted him along with most of the other things that he...
One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Day One New Adventures You can find adventure everywhere – you only need to be open to it. When you’re next walking...
The Bully The bully was called Boyle. Straight out of a Roald Dahl book, this hardened endomorph with his pocked-face and ratty moustache made my first few months in secondary school hell. I would dread going to school, fear the...
I waste too much time watching Netflix, but ultimately I’m okay with that. What I take umbrage with is the number of hours I waste looking for something worth watching on Netflix. I have even invented a term for it –...
The parody news outlet the Daily Mash ran a story recently that reported on a group of Texan tourists that had visited Swindon and proclaimed it ‘magical like the world of Harry Potter.’ One of the tourists summarised their...
I have just overheard a story that my dad was telling his old friend on the phone. I have never heard this particular story before. It is not a big story; it is an anecdote. A surname that jogged something in my dad’s...
When it comes to setting the mood for a night of romantic nudge-nudge wink-winking and general boudoir canoodling, music can play a vital role. Get it right and you’ll be singing in perfect harmony. Get it wrong and you’re...