The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: Dulwich
Painting a Love Story #streetart #dulwich festival #shortstory
Over the weekend Dulwich festival has included a local street art tour and commissioned a new piece for the entrance to the long disused Crystal Palace High level railway tunnel in Sydenham Hill Woods. I took some pictures and a story sort of emerged (with apologies … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dulwich, miscellany, short story, street art
Tagged #streetart, Dulwich, Sydenham Hill woods
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D is for Dulwich #atozchallenge
‘The house I have taken,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘is at Dulwich. It has a large garden, and is situated in one of the most pleasant spots near London. It has been fitted up with every attention to substantial comfort; perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, art, Dulwich, London, miscellany, street art
Tagged #atozchallenge, #streetart, A to Z blogging challenge, Dulwich, London
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Re imagining the Olympics
I live in London, close but not too close to the smoking sink of sin that is the City. We have a decent sized garden (actually bloody huge for around here). And we have wildlife. Once a hedgehog crossed the … Continue reading
Village Life
An email came in yesterday, reminding me of April’s A to Z blogging challenge. You write a post a day (except Sundays) in April, each day using the next letter of the alphabet as the prompt. They can be themed … Continue reading
Hope Springs – a prompt, a posit and some pictures
May 6, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that is a snapshot of spring. I realize that some Rough Writers are riding into autumn, and I hope this isn’t a disadvantage to focus on … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Dulwich, family, flash fiction, gardening, gardens, miscellany, writing
Tagged Charli Mill's prompt, creative writing, flash, flash fiction, garden, pond, writing
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Neutered by technology
I have been in the south of France for a few days. Skiing. Poor me, eh? This was a long arranged dad’s and daughters trip (the inappropriately named ‘Double Dees’, using a friend’s house just outside Bourg St Martin. We skied … Continue reading
Late autumn colour
Today it is the First November. It is meant to be cold and wet and a time for anoraks and heated car seats and soup and steamy breath. So what’s with my garden?
When is a hole not a hole?
When it’s a pond. Previously on this channel I brought to you the saga of pond creation Chez Le Pard – Dun Lawyerin’ – and I left things on an upbeat note. The hole was dug, the rogue rainwater removed … Continue reading
Posted in Dulwich, families, gardening
Tagged disaster, If, Kipling, pond, pond creation
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Dulwich street art – part 3
There has been a delay to part three of the tour for which I apologise but here, for those who have patiently followed this far is the concluding part. Parts one and two can be found here and here. We … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dulwich, London, politics, sculpture, street art
Tagged Blackbird Bakery, blue mountain cafe, conor harrington, Coppleston, Delgardo, Faith, Kershaw, Ligen, London, melange, Peckham, remi rough, Roa, Street Art, system, thai corner cafe, william blake angels in peckham
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Dulwich Street Art – part one
I started writing this post, intending to cover the complete Dulwich Street Art tour in one but I have realised this needs to be broken into two or three separate posts. This, therefore is post one. The rest will follow … Continue reading
Posted in art, buildings, Dulwich, London, miscellany, sculpture, street art
Tagged Ben Wilson, Dulwich, Dulwich Picture Gallery, MadC, Michael Beerens, Patrick Delgardo, Peckham, Reka, Stik, Street Art, Thierry Noir
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