Stuart Miller-Osborne

Anne was sitting by the widow of the tower designed by May The flat-lands extended for as far as she could see and she waved to passing travellers who were making their way into the featureless countryside They always waved back The tower was a landmark and could be seen for miles even on the…

Enfield in Love He sits there smiling But his bloodied teeth Tell all who pass That he was betrayed By his first kiss   Lucy Brings a Lamp I want to see your face Lucy And know That when my nightmares cease Your love will cover me   The Hideous Church Twenty years ago I…

In the November of 1938 John Trevelyan visited Folkestone in Kent to say farewell to his school friend Oswald Berring who had suffered a stroke. Berring actually died on the day of Trevelyan’s arrival and this hit the sensitive poet hard and he stayed in the county until early December when his beloved Margot came…

Broad Hinton and Annie were taking tea on the open pier “I feel that we will be buried apart” Hinton said staring out to sea “Why do you think that?” Hinton did not immediately answer and because of the vacuum created Annie did not pursue her question As the temperatures were dropping rapidly a pink…

Sonny’s Hobby On page 204 of Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain Sonny found a crushed spider which had been stuck to the page since it was carelessly squashed on the 27th March 1913 Sonny carefully removed the spider and buried it in his insect cemetery After the ceremony he noticed that all the burial…

When visiting Lulworth Cove I thought of O’Gorman’s autocrome portrait of his daughter Christina This photograph was taken over twenty years ago but I never tire of my witness The beach was empty with a cool wind coming in off of the sea causing Margot and I to tighten our coats I fancied that I…

Officer Chalacech enjoyed a good war he was kind to rabbits and birds especially nightingales skylarks and windhovers Marie-Helene was a shy farm girl who paddled in the lake she wanted to swim – but did not swim – as she could not swim Officer Chalacech liked Marie-Helene and taught her to swim she was…

Warm days in November are quite rare and it was with gratitude that Rachel and Richard set off for the big city They visited the cathedral and the shops and ended their day at the Gallery of Modern Art which was hosting an exhibition entitled 1x2x3 Later tired but fulfilled they sat in a café…

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