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My experience is in teaching and business management writing. Based in London UK, I bring a European and international dimension to my writing. I have published throughout my working life, starting with schoolbooks for slow readers, most recently with an

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Being diagnosed with MS: 2 of 4

I was sitting on a hard chair in the corridor outside the MRI and Xray suite in our local hospital. Nurses and patients walked by, busy with their own affairs, trolleys of equipment were pushed along by ward assistants. Young doctors in white coats with new stethoscopes round their necks hurried along trying to look relaxed ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dark stories: 431 of 613

Hen Woman I used to sit with my hens. It was when we were living in Gilo - a wild place in the Imatong mountains in Southern Sudan. Our companions were a village-full of local forestry workers, a group of six disgruntled British expatriates, and various drifters hitching around east Africa. Most of the expats had only taken ...
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) How to plant a victory garden: 4 of 4

As food prices go up and life gets tougher, it's great to know that you have food available in your back garden. Even in the smallest space you can have a satisfying harvest. There's nothing to beat a meal of vegetables that were picked less than an hour before they were cooked, both for taste and for nutrition. Choose veget...