Writings
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Format
Type
Genre
Theme
Showing 10 writings
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Timepiece
Jenny admires an ornate old clock whose hands are stuck — until a small voice from a hidden cupboard in its back reveals a prisoner with three centuries of grievance and a desperate plea.
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Tyger, Tyger
A medieval coroner's jury investigates a brutal street killing in 14th-century London — until a most unusual horse-drawn vehicle arrives, and two very recognisable gentlemen step out.
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Behind the Leaves
A friendly monkey appears from the trees outside a third-floor flat — but he is not the only creature hiding in the leaves.
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The Chariot Queen
The bronze Boadicea at Westminster Bridge is magnificent — but why, asks Colin, did a warrior queen go to battle so dramatically underdressed?
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By the Piccadilly Line
A woman at Gloucester Road station becomes convinced a distracted man is about to throw himself under a train — and launches the only flying tackle ever recorded there.
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Ode to Dad
A birthday tribute in limericks to a nonagenarian with firm views on the monarchy, a talent for debate, and a very long-lived Queen to contend with.
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Kith and Kill
Two business rivals meet and feel an immediate pull toward each other — until a stranger with a briefcase full of papers arrives at entirely the wrong moment.
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JC
Before Christianity could conquer the world, Rome first had to build it.
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Amelia in the Tunnel
Driving back into Paris through a grim motorway tunnel, Colin is in a foul temper — until their Portuguese concierge sees the panoply of tail-lights and declares it beautiful.
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My Dear George
A husband returns from a long walk having resolved to forgive his wife's affair — only to find her lying dead on their bed, surrounded by empty pill bottles.