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Every Friday lunchtime I send out a newsletter of tales I’ve seen, heard and written.

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2024

#345 – 26/04/2024 – A jazz musician, a flat and some washing
#344 – 19/04/2024 – A lumberjack, a landing gear and a sorry
#343 – 12/04/2024 – A light, a clown and a boom
#342 – 05/04/2024 – A noise, an insult and a parkland walk
#341 – 29/03/2024 – A genie, a sports car and a goodtime
#340 – 22/03/2024 – A clacker, a cuppa and a changing room
#339 – 15/03/2024 – A sauna, a motivator and a forever
#338 – 08/03/2024 – A hummingbird, a mum and a songwriting course
#337 – 01/03/2024 – A stage, a stick parent and a cinema seat
#336 – 23/02/2024 – A breakfast, a tub and some robots
#335 – 16/02/2024 – A vulture, a noticeboard and a holiday
#334 – 09/02/2024 – A bottle, a snooper and some soup
#333 – 02/02/2024 – A time, a dawn and a Pete Sampras
#332 – 26/01/2024 – A Barbara, a death and a writing prompt
#331 – 19/01/2024 – A land, a mind reading and some goats
#330 – 12/01/2024 – A stick, a book and a unicorn
#329 – 05/01/2024 – A solicitor, a drunk and a checkout

2023

#328 – 29/12/2023 – A recipe, a suitcase and a grave digger
#327 – 22/12/2023 – A letter, a referee and a bad Santa
#326 – 15/12/2023 – A croak, a baby and a challenge
#325 – 08/12/2023 – A key, a weekend and a nut factory
#324 – 01/12/2023 – A filmmaker, a starless night and a tiny amount
#323 – 24/11/2023 – A king, a pig and some people
#322 – 17/11/2023 – A snail, a moustache and an exchange
#321 – 10/11/2023 – A bookshop, a shore and some pylons
#320 – 03/11/2023 – A pub, a diary and a period
#319 – 27/10/2023 – A moment, a moon and some men
#318 – 20/10/2023 – A queue, an owl and a comedian
#317 – 13/10/2023 – A law, a bus and some geese
#316 – 06/10/2023 – A phrase, a urinal and some neighbours
#315 – 29/09/2023 – A barbershop, a flow and an art gallery
#314 – 22/09/2023 – A letter, a song and some reasons
#313 – 15/09/2023 – A personality, a scumble and some city kids
#312 – 08/09/2023 – A lead, a kitchen and some salt
#311 – 01/09/2023 – A sewing machine, a funeral and some calves
#310 – 25/08/2023 – A letter, a window and some films
#309 – 18/08/2023 – A bridge, an old man and some doors
#308 – 11/08/2023 – A landlord, a nose and some biscuits
#307 – 04/08/2023 – A log flume, a surgery and some digging
#306 – 28/07/2023 – A guitarist, a flush and a fly
#305 – 21/07/2023 – A wig, a pig and some cameramen
#304 – 14/07/2023 – A figure, a game and some small talk
#303 – 07/07/2023 – A bongo, an observer and a spaghetti aisle
#302 – 30/06/2023 – A hip, a Valentine and a divorce
#301 – 23/06/2023 – A lizard, a fig roll and some tea
#300 – 16/06/2023 – A cookbook, a record and some people
#299 – 09/06/2023 – A moment, a papaya and some failing
#298 – 02/06/2023 – A son, a friend and some letters
#297 – 26/05/2023 – A school, a calf and a birthday
#296 – 19/05/2023 – A surprise, a stadium and some things to think
#295 – 12/05/2023 – A roast, a source and an editor
#294 – 05/05/2023 – A foxx, a life and some feathers
#293 – 28/04/2023 – A visitor, a cat and an edge
#292 – 21/04/2023 – A window, a heart and a hunt
#291 – 14/07/2023 – A coat, a saxophonist and some eggs
#290 – 07/04/2023 – A joke, a prize and some zebra crossings
#289 – 31/03/2023 – A boat, a vase and some potatoes
#288 – 24/03/2023 – A heart, a bribe and a house
#287 – 17/03/2023 – A bench, a magician and some tonsils
#286 – 10/03/2023 – A tree surgeon, a museum and some pork
#285 – 03/03/2023 – A gig, a George and a pizza place
#284 – 24/02/2023 – A cloud, a pig and a Geoff
#283 – 17/02/2023 – A toast, a train and a street
#282 – 10/02/2023 – A king, a Guard and a pen behind the ear
#281 – 03/02/2023 – A shoe box, a school and a Paul Scholes
#280 – 27/01/2023 – A watermelon, a clock and some dreams
#279 – 20/01/2023 – A drill, a new verb and some sauce
#278 – 13/01/2023 – A mug, a Popeye and an impersonator
#277 – 06/01/2023 – A lamb, a tawny owl and a rocket

2022

#276 – 30/12/2022 – A tattoo, a forklift and a pig
#275 – 23/12/2022 – A factory, a queen and a letter
#274 – 16/12/2022 – A pub quiz, a reader and a sausage wrap
#273 – 09/12/2022 – A planet, a reassurance and some wasps
#272 – 02/12/2022 – A meal, a shore and an ATM
#271 – 25/11/2022 – A present, a black and white movie and some huggers
#270 – 18/11/2022 – A piano, a moon and a salt coast
#269 – 11/11/2022 – A restaurant, a shaky tissue and some meat
#268 – 04/11/2022 – A roof, a lemonade and some water
#267 – 28/10/2022 – A captain, an experiment and a national treasure
#266 – 21/10/2022 – A haircut, a roof and some pink socks
#265 – 14/10/2022 – A job, a poem and a stormy spell
#264 – 07/10/2022 – A piggie, a digger and some bread
#263 – 30/09/2022 – A dog, a film and a desk
#262 – 23/09/2022 – A great white, an apple and some advice
#261 – 16/09/2022 – A banana, a cat and a tennis player
#260 – 09/09/2022 – A pump, a robot and a hawthorn
#259 – 02/09/2022 – A bog, a poem and a croucher
#258 – 26/08/2022 – A bath, a Pig-Pig and some hair
#257 – 19/08/2022 – A chest, a comedian and a midlife crisis
#256 – 12/08/2022 – A whale, a soprano and a house
#255 – 05/08/2022 – A mother, a gallery and a woolly hat
#254 – 29/07/2022 – A window, a wrestler and a bus
#253 – 22/07/2022 – A square, a career and an ice pop
#252 – 15/07/2022 – A gray day, a tomato seed and an athlete
#251 – 08/07/2022 – A shiny bin, broccoli and some change
#250 – 01/07/2022 – A bed, a cup of tea and some biscuits
#249 – 24/06/2022 – A bean, a magic hat and some dust
#248 – 17/06/2022 – A day, a drop and some thinking
#247 – 10/06/2022 – A fisherman, an egg and some toast
#246 – 03/06/2022 – A voice, a spring and some cheese
#245 – 27/05/2022 – A zinger, an afternoon and some seagulls
#244 – 20/05/2022 – A chef, a watch and an amoeba
#243 – 13/05/2022 – A presenter, a blue sky and some tarmac
#242 – 06/05/2022 – A musician, a bungalow and a bath
#241 – 29/04/2022 – A taskmaster, a dad and some oceans
#240 – 22/04/2022 – A writer, a son and some pain
#239 – 15/04/2022 – A buffet, an actor and an exhibition
#238 – 08/04/2022 – A world, a country and some blackbirds
#237 – 01/04/2022 – A sausage, a guest and a dive bar
#236 – 25/03/2022 – A pen, an envelope and some summer fruits
#235 – 18/03/2022 – A relative, a you and a plan
#234 – 11/03/2022 – A waiting room, a walk and a today
#233 – 04/03/2022 – A mother, a dog and a home delivery man
#232 – 25/02/2022 – A chorus, a toenail and a little girl
#231 – 18/02/2022 – A whole world, a degree and a me
#230 – 11/02/2022 – A paper, a quiche and a masseuse
#229 – 04/02/2022 – A joke, a sofa and a wooden pig
#228 – 28/01/2022 – A falconer, a walk and some elephants
#227 – 21/01/2022 – A fumble, a painting and some terrific
#226 – 14/01/2022 – A fence, a fried egg and some intimacy
#225 – 07/01/2022 – A jumper, a sweet tin and a death dream

2021

#224 – 31/12/2021 – A shed, a sky and some air
#223 – 24/12/2021 – A deer, a singer and some eyelashes
#222 – 17/12/2021 – A check, a tree and some billys
#221 – 10/12/2021 – A tree, a kind of sky and water again
#220 – 03/12/2021 – A kiss, a train and some cues
#219 – 26/11/2021 – A frozen aisle, an afternoon and some ghosts
#218 – 19/11/2021 – A rock, a man and an oven timer
#217 – 12/11/2021 – A couple, a woodsman and a yesterday
#216 – 05/11/2021 – A voice, a businessman and some honest returns
#215 – 29/10/2021 – A morning, a lasagne and some pumpkins
#214 – 22/10/2021 – A musician, a skip and some dreams
#213 – 15/10/2021 – A jungle, a wort and some ravens
#212 – 08/10/2021 – A family, a stranger and some excitement
#211 – 01/10/2021 – A truce, a planet and some climbing
#210 – 24/09/2021 – A commission, a heart and some humour
#209 – 17/09/2021 – A firehouse, a xylophone and some changes
#208 – 10/09/2021 – A box, a scotch egg and some flowers
#207 – 03/09/2021 – A comedian, an owl and a toaster
#206 – 27/08/2021 – A box, a silence and some gifts
#205 – 20/08/2021 – A mouth, a cook and some lists
#204 – 13/08/2021 – A supermarket, a butcher and some skating
#203 – 06/08/2021 – A lake, a pigeon and a colonel
#202 – 30/07/2021 – A footballer, a flesh bomb and some strays
#201 – 23/07/2021 – A comedian, a bowl of popcorn and some names
#200 – 16/07/2021 – A dad, a theme and a wonderdate
#199 – 09/07/2021 – A cheetah, a nurse and a futon
#198 – 02/07/2021 – A name, a wrestler and some liquids
#197 – 25/06/2021 – A passing, a stable job and some Cornwall
#196 – 18/06/2021 – A pretzel, a gift and an RKO
#195 – 11/06/2021 – A boss, a think and some energy
#194 – 04/06/2021 – A train ride, a speed bump and some freedom
#193 – 28/05/2021 – A pig, a cuckoo clock and a woman eating
#192 – 21/05/2021 – A lido, an introvert and some pints
#191 – 14/05/2021 – A shed, a wrestler and an extra
#190 – 07/05/2021 – A Monica, a legacy and a wonky vase
#189 – 30/04/2021 – A couple, a show and some apples
#188 – 23/04/2021 – A nurse, a book and some peas
#187 – 16/04/2021 – A banana, a head and some bricks
#186 – 09/04/2021 – A goodtime Jesus, a fluff and some commentators
#185 – 02/04/2021 – A doctor, a new show and some hobbies
#184 – 26/03/2021 – A friend, a gorilla and some speedy boarders
#183 – 19/03/2021 – A genie, an avenue and some ladders
#182 – 12/03/2021 – A judge, a ceiling and a purchase
#181 – 05/03/2021 – A potato, a heart and a book
#180 – 26/02/2021 – A privilege, a suit and some prayers
#179 – 19/02/2021 – A small town, a scare and a diary
#178 – 12/02/2021 – A showrunner, a lie and a mess
#177 – 05/02/2021 – A keyboard, a yawn and some spuds
#176 – 29/01/2021 – A herd, a rhyme and a poet scorned
#175 – 22/01/2021 – A body, a mountain and a sign
#174 – 15/01/2021 – A musician, a delivery guy and some talking
#173 – 08/01/2021 – A pixie, a notebook and some baddies
#172 – 01/01/2021 – A professor, a cheat code and some aliens

2020

#171 – 25/12/2020 – A chef, a letter and an orange
#170 – 18/12/2020 – A party, a week and a revolution
#169 – 11/12/2020 – A writer, a bamp and some cousins
#168 – 04/12/2020 – A bike, a conversation and some ideas
#167 – 27/11/2020 – A kettle, a catch and an envelope
#166 – 20/11/2020 – A Sunday, a mudhill and a teenage son
#165 – 13/11/2020 – A rock star, a thinking machine and some fate
#164 – 06/11/2020 – A Nan, an orange and some board games
#163 – 30/10/2020 – A tennis player, a flat and some laughing
#162 – 23/10/2020 – A treehouse, a role and some hair
#161 – 16/10/2020 – A cow, a debut and a frequent flyer
#160 – 09/10/2020 – A therapist, a boring bloke and some Botox
#159 – 02/10/2020 – A font, a nightgown and some disapproval
#158 – 25/09/2020 – A martian, a jacket and an audition
#157 – 18/09/2020 – A mop, a shop and some shyness
#156 – 11/09/2020 – A mission, a place and some sparrows
#155 – 04/09/2020 – A dog’s rhapsody, a book and some glasses
#154 – 28/08/2020 – A taskmaster, an anarchist and some huggers
#153 – 21/08/2020 – A tulip, a footballer and a whisk
#152 – 14/08/2020 – A fortune, a young one and a camping trip
#151 – 07/08/2020 – A tongue, a vegan and some tea
#150 – 31/07/2020 – A birthday, a parable and some significance
#149 – 24/07/2020 – A rule book, a brag and some rice
#148 – 17/07/2020 – A cake, a process and some time
#147 – 10/07/2020 – A doodle, a paradise and some darts
#146 – 03/07/2020 – A cape, a coffee and a game
#145 – 26/06/2020 – A boss, a near-death experience and a letter
#144 – 19/06/2020 – A big nose, a grizzly bear and some interviews
#143 – 12/06/2020 – A bus stop, an alligator and some dancing
#142 – 05/06/2020 – A hair, a mallard and some people
#141 – 29/05/2020 – A life, a lamb and some advice
#140 – 22/05/2020 – A sloth, a roof and a heavy bag
#139 – 15/05/2020 – A glow, a doctor and a moon
#138 – 08/05/2020 – A kitchen counter, a life and some mash
#137 – 01/05/2020 – A sunset, a bundle and some foxes
#136 – 24/04/2020 – A poet, a poodle and some video games
#135 – 17/04/2020 – A heart, a golfer and some cautionary tales
#134 – 10/04/2020 – A kid, a big toe and some skies
#133 – 03/04/2020 – A moon man, an introduction and a present chicken
#132 – 27/03/2020 – A shop, a jar and a shame pig
#131 – 20/03/2020 – A gymnast, a man and some runners
#130 – 13/03/2020 – A smile, a Martini and some yellow
#129 – 06/03/2020 – A sweet tooth, a eulogy and some geezers
#128 – 28/02/2020 – A pie, a square and some birds
#127 – 21/02/2020 – A duvet cover, a checkout and a binman
#126 – 14/02/2020 – A magnifying glass, a jellyfish and a panda
#125 – 07/02/2020 – A jacket potato, a book and some popcorn
#124 – 31/01/2020 – A bottle of wine, a cookbook and some oranges
#123 – 24/01/2020 – A hymn, a legend and some cows
#122 – 17/01/2020 – A blender, a director and a smooth operetta
#121 – 10/01/2020 – A gap, an optimist and a stranger’s hand
#120 – 03/01/2020 – A man, an actor and a job interview

2019

#119 – 27/12/2019 – A plumber, an elf and some cuttings
#118 – 20/12/2019 – A prescription, an update and a show
#117 – 13/12/2019 – A Jedi, a stranger and a suggestion
#116 – 06/12/2019 – A sheep, an attitude and a thumb
#115 – 29/11/2019 – A mower, a friendship and some toast
#114 – 22/11/2019 – A goal, a curious poet and some pasta
#113 – 15/11/2019 – A paradise, a lanyard and a hot chocolate
#112 – 08/11/2019 – A bird, a meal and some glasses
#111 – 01/11/2019 – A rollerball, a knee and some firesmoke
#110 – 25/10/2019 – A prayer, a race and some new neighbours
#109 – 18/10/2019 – A needle, a singer and some high tea
#108 – 11/10/2019 – A brother-in-law, a person and some faces
#107 – 04/10/2019 – A home, a key and some shyness
#106 – 27/09/2019 – A night, an uncle and some silly glasses
#105 – 20/09/2019 – A forward, a cherry and some chips
#104 – 13/09/2019 – A minute, a glass and some rooibos tea
#103 – 06/09/2019 – A mother, a list and a sun
#102 – 30/08/2019 – A chipmunk, a porky and some sugar
#101 – 23/08/2019 – A sheep, a life lesson and some earrings
#100 – 16/08/2019 – A toilet, a TV show and a dojo
#99 – 09/08/2019 – A leaf, a ventriloquist and a man of action
#98 – 02/08/2019 – A body, an email and some comedians
#97 – 26/07/2019 – A Batman, a side and some fruit
#96 – 19/07/2019 – A sun, a cat and some words
#95 – 12/07/2019 – A curry, a tombstone and some snail fudge
#94 – 05/07/2019 – A haiku, a guy called Karl and some happy poems
#93 – 28/06/2019 – A pantomime villain, a gardener and some music
#92 – 21/06/2019 – A Nobel Prize, a wrong exit and a moment
#91 – 14/06/2019 – A wild thing, a home and a great joke
#90 – 07/06/2019 – A clinic, a gin joint and a storyteller
#89 – 31/05/2019 – A mantra, a rock star and some mates
#88 – 24/05/2019 – A pie, an elephant and some crows
#87 – 17/05/2019 – A six-year-old, a fear and Anne Onion
#86 – 10/05/2019 – A fire, a sneeze and some tiny changes
#85 – 03/05/2019 – A chair, a nice man and something magical
#84 – 26/04/2019 – A great mum, a pigeon and some giraffes
#83 – 19/04/2019 – A house, a radio station and some creativity
#82 – 12/04/2019 – A dream, a nightmare and some coffee
#81 – 05/04/2019 – A room, a man and some leaves
#80 – 29/03/2019 – A lay-by, a snooker cue and some hair
#79 – 22/03/2019 – A Pret, a body and some robots
#78 – 15/03/2019 – An errant ball, a massive head and some television
#77 – 08/03/2019 – A history lesson, a Saturday night sausage and some sovereignty
#76 – 01/03/2019 – A brasserie, a dad and some wellington boots
#75 – 22/02/2019 – A screen, a bully and some pies
#74 – 15/02/2019 – A fraud, bad thoughts and some letters
#73 – 08/02/2019 – A toilet, a likeness and some gigs
#72 – 01/02/2019 – A butcher, a fear and a prickly person
#71 – 25/01/2019 – A story, an intersection and a man walks into a bar
#70 – 18/01/2019 – A Billy, a duck and some errands
#69 – 11/01/2019 – A world leader, a panini press and some fruit
#68 – 04/01/2019 – A first job, an extra arm and some furniture

2018

#67 – 28/12/2018 – A time traveller, a dream job and some counting
#66 – 21/12/2018 – A mistake, some swans and a Christmas film
#65 – 14/12/2018 – A meeting, a dog and a flight
#64 – 07/12/2018 – A train, a dog and a kind man
#63 – 30/11/2018 – A fin, a fart and an acquaintance
#62 – 23/11/2018 – A salad bowl, a sundae and a horrible feeling
#61 – 16/11/2018 – A whip, a play and some people
#60 – 09/11/2018 – A mother, a ring and some haiku
#59 – 02/11/2018 – A time traveller, a thesaurus and a choice
#58 – 26/10/2018 – An email, an idea and an OctoMum
#57 – 19/10/2018 – A plane, a snooker cue and a Peter
#56 – 12/10/2018 – A book, a poem and an emigrant
#55 – 05/10/2018 – A seaside town, a rapper and divided times
#54 – 28/09/2018 – A caretaker, a museum and a feast
#53 – 21/09/2018 – A producer, a dog and a baker
#52 – 14/09/2018 – A first day, a cat and some scotch
#51 – 07/09/2018 – A funeral initiative, an interview and some bananas
#50 – 31/08/2018 – A time machine, a scribbler of trash and something magical
#49 – 24/08/2018 – A baseball cap, a day in charge and some handholding
#48 – 17/08/2018 – A genie, a Tuesday and some fun
#47 – 10/08/2018 – A boy, an egg and a rubbish Frodo
#46 – 03/08/2018 – A duck, a different plan and a little sacrifice
#45 – 27/07/2018 – A regular, a repeater and a kind of person
#44 – 20/07/2018 – A hairdresser, a song and a talentless man
#43 – 13/07/2018 – A love story, a man possessed and some clippers
#42 – 06/07/2018 – A promotion, a wedding and some superpowers
#41 – 29/06/2018 – A knee, an office and a party
#40 – 22/06/2018 – A fight, a date and some weekend plans
#39 – 15/06/2018 – A wink, a conversation and a tie
#38 – 08/06/2018 – A relationship, a sign and some Beatles
#37 – 01/06/2018 – A telephone interview, a menu and an uncooperative man
#36 – 25/05/2018 – A Bill Bailey DVD, a pocket and a frontman
#35 – 18/05/2018 – A tango, a wedding dress and some prime numbers
#34 – 11/05/2018 – A dessert, a letter and a goat
#33 – 04/05/2018 – A sneak, a prisoner and some kick stools
#32 – 27/04/2018 – A dad, a day at work and a spade bucket apple
#31 – 20/04/2018 – A nightclub, a favourite colour and a good person
#30 – 13/04/2018 – A teapot, an autograph and some tips
#29 – 06/04/2018 – A joke, a sting and some words
#28 – 30/03/2018 – A teacher, a fling and a game of hide and seek
#27 – 23/03/2018 – A twin, a narrow mind and some monsters
#26 – 16/03/2018 – A Monday, a writer and a snake
#25 – 09/03/2018 – A soup tub, a record and some thoughts
#24 – 02/03/2018 – A talentless man, a car journey and some necking
#23 – 23/02/2018 – A loser, a lion and some luggage
#22 – 16/02/2018 – A van, a teacher and some planes
#21 – 09/02/2018 – A battle, a pub and a DILF
#20 – 02/02/2018 – A thousand words, a horsie and some neighbours
#19 – 26/01/2018 – A bear trap, a marathon and some slippers
#18 – 19/01/2018 – A universe, a laugh and a daughter
#17 – 12/01/2018 – A stye, a toilet and an afternoon
#16 – 05/01/2018 – A chant, a hug and a Scary Spice

2017

#15 – 29/12/2017 – A tree, a voice and some smalls
#14 – 22/12/2017 – A bra, a last Christmas and some needles
#13 – 15/12/2017 – A sound guy, a god and some drummers
#12 – 08/12/2017 – A wave, a killer and a farce
#11 – 01/12/2017 – A robot, a nose and some shackles
#10 – 24/11/2017 – A letter, a keyboard and some cheeks
#9 – 17/11/2017 – A ball, a guitar and a gigl
#8 – 10/11/2017 – A wall, a thud and a pillock
#7 – 03/11/2017 – A Rik, a fox and a Stanley knife
#6 – 27/10/2017 – A drummer, a tin and some orange ghosts
#5 – 20/10/2017 – A busker, a snooker table and a pint of pale ale
#4 – 13/10/2017 – An uncle, a kakapo and a game of never have I ever
#3 – 06/10/2017 – A dog lead, a wrestler and an umcha umcha
#2 – 29/09/2017 – A banker, a seahorse and some leaves
#1 – 21/09/2017 – A carspotter, a giraffe and a granda

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