Tag Archives: Tintin

What Is The Point? #films #politics #thetrielofthechicagoseven

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 by TanGental

Sadly one of many Christmas traditions that Auntie Rona Virus has consigned to the bin is the post Christmas day trip to the cinema. So it’s Netflix or nothing. No, that’s not true. While I indulged my latent passion for … Continue reading →

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In praise of town planners…

Posted on Jan 12, 2016 by TanGental

I know that heading feels oxymoronic, doesn’t it? Prince Charles perhaps sums up a lot of people’s attitudes to Town Planners when he said this about a scheme they were minded to approve in central London back in the 1980s … Continue reading →

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M is for Marlinspike Hall

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 by TanGental

  Marlinspike Hall is the stately home, that as a child, I wanted to visit more than any of the others I was taken to – and I seemed to be taken to a lot. Or indeed any that I have … Continue reading →

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On the Fringe of things

Posted on Aug 21, 2014 by TanGental

I’m on my way to Edinburgh for the Fringe. Apparently it is the biggest cultural festival in the world – everything has to be some sort of -est for it to be worthwhile, doesn’t it? Really it is just great … Continue reading →

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Through a glass, darkly.

Posted on Aug 9, 2014 by TanGental

This week’s prompt from Charli Mills concerns the idea of alternate realities – multiverses. August 6, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) craft a multiverse situation, setting or character(s). Charli gives us some examples thus: Time travel, … Continue reading →

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Bone tired (but happy)

Posted on Jun 13, 2014 by TanGental

June 11, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about exhaustion. Who is tired and why.  This week’s prompt from Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch contained a surprise treat – like a Kinder chocolate … Continue reading →

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