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Sep 2016 · Blog
The news bulletin told of a man killed on a Hackney street, among shoppers on a Saturday afternoon. I placed it elsewhere in the borough. My part’s been gentrified: Chatsworth Road has its Sunday…
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Follow the rail tracks inside Auschwitz-Birkenau but don’t go far. Those tracks lead an agonizingly long distance to one of the crematoria, but just to the right of the entrance is a large wasteland,…
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My mother had a clear spell in her illness in which to discuss her funeral. She chose a service in the chapel of Loughborough’s convent. Her coffin was woven out of willow. Cars followed…
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