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Why does it have to be original?
“Is it original?” the member of the film crew asked me.
“Yes. It’s a letter he wrote to his mother. One of about a thousand that...
Richard Pooley
6 min read


Funny Money
The Isles of Yap lie in the Mid Pacific, some 800 miles East of the Philippines. If both name and location suggest something out of...
Vincent Guy
7 min read


Will this madness ever end?
Every week there are yet more examples of a country, or indeed a world, which seems increasingly insane. Clearly, this is not the first...
Lynda Goetz
5 min read


Breaking the Glass and Class Ceilings
“I didn’t think you were the type.”
Zu Henry, our neighbour in Bath, was looking through the passenger window of our car and addressing me.
Richard Pooley
7 min read


A Hard Seventy Years
An envied British institution. No, not the National Health Service. Something much more enviable. This year is the 70th anniversary of The
Stoker
5 min read
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