October 2008
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WatchThe Living Room Candidate
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Julian Barnes short stories
60/40 It was the week Hillary Clinton finally conceded.
East Wind The previous November, a row of wooden beach huts, their paintwork lifted and flaked by the hard east wind, had burned to the ground.
Trespass When he and Cath broke up, he thought about joining the Ramblers, but it seemed too obviously sad a thing to do.
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Schmidt Sting Pain Index
1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm. 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch. 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek. 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting...
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Mamihlapinatapai
A look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
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Mrs Schofield's GCSE
The poem Carol Ann Duffy penned in response to her work being removed from a GCSE curriculum.
You must prepare your bosom for his knife,
said Portia to Antonio in which
of Shakespeare’s Comedies? Who killed his wife,
insane with jealousy? And which Scots witch
knew Something wicked this way comes? Who said
Is this a dagger which I see? Which Tragedy?
Whose blade was drawn...
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