Tag Archives: betting

Of blue pens and high hopes

Posted on April 3, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

The village high street’s heaving and the wine bar’s been full a good while now. But it’s not yet ten o’clock. In the morning. A pudgy coach rolls its girth down the road, huffs and puffs into a parking place … Continue reading →

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Boils amid the urban acne. (Blame Liam for this one*)

Posted on January 26, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

You may not have seen them, the boils. It began – or feels like it did – with a mild rash of urban acne. The march of the bookies down our high streets and low streets. Gambling dens, breeding like rabbits. One … Continue reading →

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