View Article  Seen at Scarborough - chav culture
During the recent Edinburgh Festival, I attended a masterclass on comedy song writing run by Dillie Keane and Adele Anderson of Fascinating Aida. This photo – taken earlier this summer at Scarborough – prompted me to write these words. Sing it to the tune of Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees.


View Article  Observations from four miles high
I flew down from Edinburgh yesterday – I'd been visiting the Fringe festival –  on the flight-path to Norwich than runs down the east coast and goes over my old hometown of Scarborough. I had a window seat and my observations resulted in this haiku and tanka...


4 miles high, view so clear –
a speedboat’s wake seen
circling the headland

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against the clouds
3 concentric circles
each one a perfect rainbow
surrounding the plane’s silhouette
like a roundel

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View Article  A message from our founder
Apologies for not posting anything up here for nearly a month – been swamped with the day job + business travel – however I am working on a new dark fantasy genre story. More to follow...
Charles Christian