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  • Crime wave caught on camera

    23 Oct 2020

    CRIME WAVE CAUGHT ON CAMERA Today’s story is a crime story with everything a good crime story needs: An idyllic…

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  • How do we give this story a happy ending?

    01 May 2020

    GIVE THIS STORY A HAPPY ENDING I want to tell you a story that I was told by a wise…

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  • 14 things I’ve learned since Corona

    09 Apr 2020

    SHELLEY KATZ ON WHAT SHE’S LEARNED SINCE CORONA I’m delighted to invite the multi-hyphenate American novelist-screenwriter-producer Shelley Katz to provide…

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  • Jeremy Clarkson has the virus

    05 Apr 2020

    JEREMY CLARKSON HAS THE VIRUS I can finally reveal Jeremy Clarkson has contracted the virus CO2-19. He had it before…

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  • A plague on both your houses

    25 Mar 2020

    So now we are visited by the plague, it seems. Plague is an archetype that goes back deep into our…

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  • Computer says procrastinate

    07 Feb 2020

    COMPUTER SAYS PROCRASTINATE I went into my study this morning, bouncing, full of ideas for a new short story and…

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  • Today’s posting is gluten-free

    18 Dec 2019

    Just the other day a truck drove past me advertising potato crisps – gluten-free. Very commendable. There was only one…

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  • Panto season – oh, yes it is, oh, no…

    27 Nov 2019

    PANTO SEASON The panto season has started early this year. Everyone loves live entertainment. (I’m even doing a live appearance…

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  • How to deal with a verbal attacker – Verbal Aikido

    20 Nov 2019

    DEALING WITH A VERBAL ATTACKER Do you ever find yourself lost for words? Or outmanoeuvred by a verbal attacker? Perhaps…

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  • Impress your friends – Your biggest eReader problem solved at last

    02 Oct 2019

    Your biggest e-reader problem solved The Harris Institute for Social and Self-Improvement For Individuals and Teams (HISSIFIT) has been working…

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