In which we learn about sport and democracy We touched down on the surface of the planet we’d named, ‘Zangerlünd’ with no problems and, as…
Author: Noel Murphy
The Water Meadow Man is in the Shops!
A novel where several amazing women are cool and horrible, get drunk, throw their weight around, and live lives (while men try and recover from…
A heavenly dish in a hellish decade
English person I knew… in the world. We also called avocados, ‘avocado pears’, the Labour Party was ‘electable’, The Children’s Film Foundation was ‘The British Film Industry’ and Punk Rock was ‘genuinely shocking and subversive and not mostly full of small ‘c’ conservatives who would later live in abject terror of any change whatsoever’.
Shorty the Cat and Jon the Christ
Today he thought he was Christ. He wasn’t Christ but today he thought he was Christ because being Christ was a great deal more interesting…
Insomnia, Madness & Fun Times Ahead
Real insomnia is a relationship wrecker, it’s a straight road to madness, it’s a hallucinogen, it’s a soul sapper. So, where’s the fun side?
Who spends the summer
Who spends the summer laid out, eyes tight shut In the sun Catching the rays and making them stay Not being warmed, just making cold…
The Peace from her sleep
Beyond the peace that flowed from her sleep Was a dark room, a cold place. Deeply moved by kind wishes, We stood in the tidal…
The Swing of Things
The swing of things Around here Today Resulted in a contagion Like love on holiday (Remarking to you Around there that day That you…
Not Missing
You are missed You are not missing. You’re up on Cavendish Way Or School Street Or the council estate by the church. In your…