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: Memoir
The Articled Particle (Part Two)
In part one, we left our hero being allocated a task that may not be quite what he is expecting.. I can’t help dying a little. Mr Pettifore is an actor, who is rather camp. Private Eye insists he is … Continue reading
The Articled Particle #memoir
My latest book, The Diary of a Trainee In-Law is now on pre-order for the kindle version; the paperback will follow. If you’d like to enjoy the mysteries of being the father of a bride to be, albeit this is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, articled clerk, book launch, law, Memoir, the diary of a trainee in-law
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Milk, Bread And Other Doorstep Stories
Is it only in the UK or is this a thing globally? A milkman comes to our door three times a week, delivering milk, oat milk, eggs, butter, cheese and apple juice in various quantities. He arrives in the wee … Continue reading
In The Beginning
Possibly triggered by my inability to make sense of my maternal family tree, I sort of thought it’s about time I wrote down some of my memories from as early as possible onwards. There are a lot and many are … Continue reading
Chalk And Parenting #memories #apprenticedtomymother
I’m redecorating the kitchen and stuck behind a radiator there’s a scribble or something that might be some sort of childhood graffito. As with many small things, it triggered a memory. My mother’s approach to child rearing had overtones of … Continue reading
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Tagged apprenticed to my mother, Memoir, memories
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And Breathe… In The Beginnings #memoir
Perhaps it’s why I often feel guilty. It has to be a good thing that we humans are born premature, so that, as well as complete incompetence around motor skills, we have no memory of those first moments beyond the … Continue reading
The University Years: Music: It’s Part In My Downfall #university #bristol #1976
In October 1976 I started my law degree at Bristol University. This was the most important phase of my life to date and as such the memories of those early days remain as vivid today as they were then. The … Continue reading
The University Year: Verbfree Smiles and Old Socks – #bristoluniversity #memoir
In October 1975 I started my law degree at Bristol University. This was the most important phase of my life to date and as such the memories of those early days remain as vivid today as they were then. The … Continue reading
The University Years: Bristol University: A Doorway To Hope #memoir
In October 1975 I started my law degree at Bristol University. This was the most important phase of my life to date and as such the memories of those early days remain as vivid today as they were then. This … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Memoir, miscellany, university
Tagged beginnings, Bristol University, hope, Memoir
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