Hello and welcome to Winchester, a City set in the countryside.
Paul Silvester, resident, educator and writer.
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Read more: Falling Angel
The not as Angelic Angel – A Short Play The Actors: 2 middle-aged men, 1 middle-aged woman, 1 elderly man Martin, a thick set, middle-aged guy wearing glasses and lounge wear with wellington boots. Roger, a taller better-groomed man with smart leather jacket, slicked hair carrying a lump hammer. Charlie, a bottle blonde, middle…
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Read more: The Christmas Hospital Pick-Up
Arriving your sphincter tightens, being where mother died and her abuser lives on. But then there is the cancer. Helping your sibling with her father’s hospital regime, whilst often wishing him dead instead of her, conflicts your innards, tying you in knots. The semi with magnolia and incongruous diamond-leaded windows looks the same and yet…
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Read more: Lockdown Madness
Lockdown the third, was into its twelfth week. The cold, dark days of winter presenting a different challenge than the novelty of the first ‘stay at home’ curfew the previous spring. I had a message from the mother of my children. Our youngest son was in crisis. His psychotic, cannabis induced, episodes of eight years…
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