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Eight legs good
Spare a thought for spiders. With all you folk isolated at home, I’m sure the brilliant sunshine, in the south, anyway, will show up a...
David Mathews
Mar 25, 20201 min read
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A Ventilator of One’s Own
‘Wouldn’t it be great if we all had our own ventilators?’ I suggested this to Arthur as we Skyped at the end of the day. We were trying...
David Mathews
Mar 20, 20203 min read
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Covid-19, The Delay Phase
Arthur was teasing me. ‘This is your time, old chap.’ As a serial procrastinator, I had to admit that my psychiatrist friend had me bang...
David Mathews
Mar 15, 20202 min read
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Responding to Covid-19?
I think I may have misheard
David Mathews
Mar 14, 20201 min read
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Paul, where are you?
I spend an hour or so in a library from time to time, for a change of scene, to watch others nod off, pretend to work, wait for the rain...
David Mathews
Mar 3, 20201 min read
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Rude awakening
Friday evening it was. I stopped on Churchill Bridge to offer help to a man and woman with suitcases, not sure which way to go. You know...
David Mathews
Feb 23, 20202 min read
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11 Downing Street – Jonestown, UK
Sidney dropped in for a coffee. ‘What d’you think, Dave, First World War generals? The Titanic?’ Sid was trying to find the right...
David Mathews
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Turkey
We found the turkey on a hedge. It was Christmas, so nothing odd about encountering a turkey per se – but on top of a hedge separating a...
David Mathews
Dec 21, 20195 min read
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On doors and making up stories
See the photo? The latch, lock and handle it shows are now in your memory, as an image rather than a physical object, for you cannot see...
David Mathews
Dec 19, 20192 min read
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Fourteen men with the surname Johnson, in my order of preference
At times like this, I need diversions. Our new grandson is arriving later with his mum and dad. He’ll help for a few days, though I’m not...
David Mathews
Dec 12, 20192 min read
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On having a new profile photograph
How recent should your photo be? Actors deserve some licence, I suppose, given how ageist their trade is, though offering something that...
David Mathews
Dec 3, 20192 min read
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Once more with feeling
The NHS has given me an insight into a story I am planning. Wednesday it was. ENT surgeons, hunting for further nasty cells after a...
David Mathews
Oct 18, 20192 min read
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Mr Johnson's arrested development
Three and a half years since he began so fervently to advocate leaving the EU, Mr Johnson has come up with his first suggestion as to how...
David Mathews
Oct 8, 20193 min read
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Ultimum Fossa
Thank heavens for Sidney. If ever there was man with his feet on the ground, it’s Sid. I mention it because he was round yesterday with a...
David Mathews
Oct 1, 20193 min read
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Inspired by Shackleton and ice
Our grandchildren’s primary school in Sussex gets things just right. Last year, Ernest Shackleton and Endurance. Boring dead blokes with...
David Mathews
Sep 10, 20191 min read
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The Critic
Apropos that rather special 24 hours I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, here is our new grandson listening to one of my stories. Children...
David Mathews
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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Quite a 24 hours
First up, I lost a chunk of my left ear on Friday. Don’t get me wrong, it was no accident. It was removed with considerable grace and...
David Mathews
Aug 17, 20191 min read
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On being chosen and being pure
My distinguished psychiatrist pal, Sir Arthur Whatnot is swanning about in Biarritz. He says its faded glory makes a change from smart...
David Mathews
Jul 26, 20192 min read
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Three terrific storytellers
More summer reading for you in your deckchair or on your yacht. Three titles: two offbeat books and a gem. I have to tell someone about...
David Mathews
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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The Dawdler
'Daddy goes slow when he takes us, but you make us go fast, Mummy.' Fast? Really? The complaint had been issued by a six-year-old...
David Mathews
Jul 12, 20192 min read
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