David Mathews
Broken down by age and sex on St Andrew’s Day
From the train, seven minutes late, alighted 19 passengers. Twelve women, seven men, all shapes and sizes. I will not describe them one...
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David Mathews
Nov 12, 20172 min read
Nooo, Jeremy Corbyn
My friend Sir Arthur Whatnot, the psychiatrist, read Jeremy Corbyn’s piece in this morning’s Observer, in which Corbyn called for Mrs May...
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David Mathews
Oct 31, 20173 min read
Mrs May’s Halloween Horror
Just had a call from my mate Sidney. Sid is a diamond, not easily rattled. He’s not what you’d call a choirboy – wide as the Sargasso...
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David Mathews
Oct 2, 20171 min read
Help!
One day to go, so come on you lot, we writers at Arachne need a bit of help to get DUSK going, a wave of stories and poetry across the UK...
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David Mathews
Sep 28, 20171 min read
Thoughts on a treat for National Poetry Day
I need a rhyme for chocolate, But my best so far is cloudlet, Which, as I’m trying to work it into a convincing verse, without...
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David Mathews
Sep 13, 20171 min read
Bargain of the year – a 1000 word story just for you
Ever wanted to give someone a story just for them? Now’s your chance. Some of the best fun I’ve had with writing has been through Arachne...
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David Mathews
Sep 10, 20172 min read
Don't do this at home
I have a Kindle, the one with a keyboard. It’s my third, the other two having taken offence at being trodden on. A few weeks ago my...
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David Mathews
Sep 8, 20172 min read
Cherry and Lennie
They are wonders! Cherry first, Lennie later. The marvellous Arachne Press is five years old. Happy Birthday. You have to be a touch...
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David Mathews
Aug 14, 20172 min read
‘Your recent donation has been issued to Stepping Hill Hospital. Every donation counts’
Frank’s boots were a donation. Whoever had worn them previously had not known Frank, but had wanted someone like Frank to have his hiking...
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David Mathews
May 21, 20173 min read
Strong and Stable. The Sequel
I wrote recently how Theresa May had shamelessly commandeered her intimate love words with her husband as her election motif: ‘Let’s see,...
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David Mathews
May 2, 20172 min read
The origin of ‘strong and stable’. The alternative facts.
Sunday morning, a month before the general election. A rare leisurely breakfast together for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and...
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David Mathews
Mar 17, 20172 min read
… and other words too rude to mention
They sailed and they sailed As far as they could, Along the river And into a wood. Aarrhh, they did! Thus the Pirates of the River...
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David Mathews
Jan 6, 20171 min read
On tour in Oxford
Tonight 7.30 at Oxford's Albion Beatnik, I'll be reading 'Mouse' from Shortest Day, Longest Night together with stories and poems from...
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David Mathews
Dec 26, 20161 min read
Christmas story 2016 - Challenged
Poor Clive, it was all too much; the bright lights, the music, all the stuff of Christmas. but hope is at hand. Read all about it in...
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David Mathews
Dec 19, 20161 min read
Shortest Day
Really pleased to be part of Solstice Shorts Festival in Greenwich for the third time on the evening of 21 December. I’m meeting and...
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David Mathews
Nov 21, 20161 min read
Liberty in Lewisham
Wednesday 23rd. Last week the lovely people at Arachne Press published Liberty Tales. Think Magna Carta, maybe think all those kinds of...
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David Mathews
Oct 28, 20165 min read
One foot in front of another
A walk, a photograph and a sestude (62 words exactly). Have a look at 26 tiny postcards here. Mine is U to V, Urgashay to Vagg Copse on...
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David Mathews
Oct 17, 20161 min read
Sword and shield
Brave teenagers in dangerous times, when foreign invasions threaten England. No, not the fantasies of young Brexiters, but 1066, with...
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David Mathews
Oct 8, 20161 min read
Dozen up
How did it go, the final of the Wimbledon BookFest short story competition? Twelve cracking stories read to an enthusiastic audience made...
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David Mathews
Oct 5, 20161 min read
Flash !
Two days until the 'the audience decides' final of the short story competition run by Wimbledon Bookfest. A couple of big tents full of...
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