The Electric Chair
Perhaps not the most welcome present for your sixtieth birthday!
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A Secret
This story is based on something which happened over a hundred years ago in the village where I was born.
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Mark Rylance and Wolf Hall
I have recently read “The Mirror and the Light”, the third book in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilology, which is as enthralling as the first two. I was reminded of Mark Rylance’s wonderful performances in the TV productions, and decided to attempt a portrait of him in character.
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Diary of a Shipwreck
A diary for the year 1926, damp and rotting at the edges found on the uninhabited island of Moto-Uo. The owner was Lady Fiona Ffolkstone – Fitch, who disappeared from a yacht in the Pacific with her family, crew and servants in that year. Many pages are too firmly stuck together to read, but the part relating to what happened to some of the yacht’s occupants can still be deciphered.
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Romans versus Greeks, Statues, Romulus and Remus – a fatal disagreement, and Greeks versus Trojans continued.
Cambridge Latin Course, Section 10. Debating the superiority of Romans versus Greeks.
(Can’t help being reminded of the debate in ‘The Life of Brian’. – ‘what did the Romans ever do for us?’)
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A Pair of Spectacles and a War Zone.
Story from this suggested title – If you have read one or two of my stories you know I like to connect them to a real historical event if I can –
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Two views of Einstein
A try at comparing two ideas on facial shadow.
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The Shopper.
This lady just popped into my head – I have no idea where she came from
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Virtual Portrait Sessions – Good idea – or Not?
I have now done several two hour sessions, with the model posing in their own home and just appearing on my laptop screen. Here are some thoughts.
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The Sound of Silence
Our Creative Writing group wrote about losing one of the senses; A bit deaf myself, I chose hearing.
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