Fiction
The Diary of a REMF – Part One
Thursday 5th February The son who had been born in a clinic in the Camargue while lizards crawled up the walls of the delivery room, looked down at the dying man in the bed. Cancer [more…]
Blown Periphery
Arts
Drawing With Pastels
In part two of this series I’d like to introduce the joys and messiness of drawing with soft pastels. The pastels I use are chalk based, although some are oil-based and therefore more like crayons. [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Epilogue – 2017, No Time to Mope
Some violence. Afarin Khan looked at herself in the mirror and sure enough, an old lady stared back at her. She picked at her hair and felt her joints that told her she was getting [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 34 – Albania and England 2013
Contains violence and a description of suicide. Jean-Claude took the morning BA flight from London to Tirana, and it landed at 13:00. He got a taxi from the airport to the British embassy at Rruga [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 33 – England, Afghanistan and England – 2012
He moved in with her in the little house on the hill. He was gentle, kind and a good nursing orderly, changing the dressings on the burns every day and weaning her off the Oxymorphone. [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 32 – Libya, – April – May 2011
The next time they visited Sirte, Belhaj was more disposed to see them. Afarin said nothing in the pick-up truck and was totally incognito in her silk farrashia and this time, Jean-Claude introduced Julian to [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 31 – Libya, February – April 2011
The next morning, she moved the pickup truck round and onto the road. She was wearing her hijab, tightly wrapped so only her eyes showed. She waited and saw Jean-Claude and Edge walk out to [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 30 – Near Buerat Libya, February 2011
Action to isolate the Qadhafi regime Mr Speaker, let me turn to the pressure we are now putting on the Qadhafi regime. We should be clear. For the future of Libya and its people, Colonel [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 29 – August 2007 – Wiltshire, RAF Brize Norton and Martigues France
He visited her religiously every weekend. By now she was able to speak clearly, although her voice was a little hoarse. He brought her books about the Crusades and one about the SOE. He taught [more…]