A Brush with the Morgue

This morning I was listening to the radio. Rosie Ayliffe, the mother of murdered British backpacker, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was speaking about her daughter. Specifically she was speaking about seeing her daughter in the morgue. She then went on to speak … Read the rest

by Tim Smith
Posted on 20th April 20177th January 2019
Blog

Here’s the fourth snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s.

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by Tim Smith
Posted on 18th April 20177th January 2019
Blog

Here’s the third snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s.

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by Tim Smith
Posted on 10th October 20167th January 2019
Blog

Here’s the second snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s. It features

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by Tim Smith
Posted on 28th September 20167th January 2019
Blog

Here’s the first snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. This piece comes from chapter 3. It is set in a seaside city

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by Tim
Posted on 19th April 201625th January 2019
Beef

The fish at the Neuilly-sur-Seine farmers' market.

Sabine and I made a quick trip over to Paris last week to eat and walk and wander around. We had an amazing meal at the wonderdul L’Ami Jean on the 27 rue Malar just off Quai D’Orsay – more

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by Tim
Posted on 21st February 201622nd February 2016
Photos
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The Disability Song List

by Tim
Posted on 26th September 201526th September 2015
Disability

I’ve was nominated by a German friend for something called the ‘7/7 challenge’. For seven days I needed to choose seven tracks to represent seven words or phrases or places, the nominate someone else. On day three I chose Disability.… Read the rest

by Tim
Posted on 11th September 201511th September 2015
Cats
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Arise Music Man – Jamaican Independence and the Awesome Album Discovery

by Tim
Posted on 7th September 20157th September 2015
Misc

The jazz, reggae and ska trombonist, Rico Rodriguez, died last week. He was 80. This sent DJ Pete Paphides in search of Rico (and specifically The Specials) related tracks to play on his Soho Radio show. I went looking too … Read the rest

Gashead.net

A Brush with the Morgue

Novel Snippet Number 4

Here’s the fourth snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s.

Novel Snippet Number 3

Here’s the third snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s.

Novel Snippet Number 2

Here’s the second snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. The book is set in a seaside city in England in the mid-70s. It features

Novel Snippet Number 1

Here’s the first snippet from the first draft of the new novel. I intend to get this book done, dusted and published by the middle of 2017. This piece comes from chapter 3. It is set in a seaside city

Farmer’s Market – Neuilly-sur-Seine Paris

Sabine and I made a quick trip over to Paris last week to eat and walk and wander around. We had an amazing meal at the wonderdul L’Ami Jean on the 27 rue Malar just off Quai D’Orsay – more

Whoops. Bit of a hangnail.

The Disability Song List

Friday, and Sydney the cat is concerned about a feral Mr Rupert Murdoch; and fishes.

Arise Music Man – Jamaican Independence and the Awesome Album Discovery