The carrot that is the pension

This is a short piece I have written in response to a think tanks proposal to raise the pension age … Continue reading The carrot that is the pension

Remembering a visitor

I’m at a house, it might be mine, it might not. We have a visitor a woman. My mum and … Continue reading Remembering a visitor

My next memories are hazy, hazier than the first memory. I’m in a house, a big house, big to me, … Continue reading Memories part two

My first memories of me as a child as a human being living and breathing the air around me. I’m … Continue reading First memories

anticipation builds excitement intense grains of sand pass through hands nothing left but faded faces Continue reading anticipation

over here, enter me eat me, drink more see me, watch me peek at me, come closer glance here, glimpse … Continue reading the language of neon

Or more specifically why does the Upper Calder Valley which is the area around Luddenden, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, feel … Continue reading What is it about the Calder Valley?

i see life in black and white there is no grey for me where the black and white lies can … Continue reading Seeing life in black and white

they never see you when you’re alone with the tv and four walls for company the walls that talk back … Continue reading today

Today I’m sat at home feeling sorry for myself as I battle a cold and a cat that insists on … Continue reading Reflections of Bradford