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Prison food

26/09/202426/09/2024 - Leave a Comment

Thieves and vagabonds with hellfire and damnation: would you like fries with that? The world is becoming increasingly topsy-turvy. The economic policy agenda now includes industrial policy, trade restrictions, and …

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Through the past darkly

28/06/202428/06/2024 - Leave a Comment

A banquet beggars belief as Verity’s charming Prinz saves the day.  Thomas, my sainted husband, is currently recovering from organising the 1,100th anniversary of Cuthbert’s Cabbage. It turns out our …

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Stripped back

23/12/202312/01/2024 - Leave a Comment

Life’s bare necessities are revealed in death to Professor Verity Bastion. Nowadays I attend more funerals than cocktail parties. They can be quite jolly affairs and it is remarkable what …

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The ironic lady

05/10/202306/10/2023 - Leave a Comment

How a locked door gave a young Verity a momentary release, but left her trapped under a glass ceiling. Vivaldi had four seasons. In Britain we have five: spring, summer, …

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Gone offline

01/07/202301/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

Verity is uncomfortable with prospect of a virtual future for the end-of-life years. This last month has been exciting. Out of the blue, I was invited to give a keynote …

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Care and a significant consideration

17/12/202120/12/2021 - Leave a Comment

Verity Bastion worries about lessons learnt and loneliness.  I find it hard to keep up with Crispin McDonal, my former star pupil and finance wizard.  He is now all over …

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Carbon upset

30/09/202102/10/2021 - Leave a Comment

With a revolutionary treatise to write, our good Professor Bastion struggles to warm to green heat. It is chaos here.  It all started when our heating system failed. Now we …

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Double parked

30/03/202103/06/2021 - Leave a Comment

Two cars yet nowhere to go. But how did she get where she is? Lockdown has certainly left everyone frazzled.  I have been trying to get on with writing my …

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A shocking trolley

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A misplaced piece of supermarket equipment starts a dreadful carry on. I was not going to go for the lockdown fad of starting a new project but I have decided …

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Pot, porn and praise the Lord

03/07/202003/07/2020 - Leave a Comment

People find new outlets when lockdown comes. I want to make clear that we do not live in a care home, thank God. It is a retirement apartment complex. People …

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