• Brendan Beary is tempted by pedigree --
• Alison Brackenbury keeps her misgivings to herself --
• Karen Doherty almost lays bare a dark secret …
• and Gillian Ewing seems to be about to experience one --
• Bill Greenwell reveals a surprising invitation from Sylvia Plath --
• Andy Jackson worships at the Cathedral of Retail --
• Julie Kane dreams of “if only …” --
• Geoff Lander lets fly at Bankers --
• Tim Love is wistful about books and the written word -- especially his own --
• Rosemary Nice relocates several edible animals --
• D A Prince points out one advantage of doing bird --
• Susan Richardson finds sleep difficult --
• Lynn Roberts brings ingenious scholarship (Go on, check out the original!) to the modern re-telling of a tale of Classical voyeurism --
• Mae Scanlan relates the fate of a selection of Nursery fauna and a serving wench’s nose --
• Paul Stevens reveals his need for an urgent cure --
• Leo Vincent evicts a reader of A E Housman - (Wot no house, man?) --
• Sarah Willans gets that old sinking feeling --
• Masha Woollard is not a reliable substitute for Ground Force --
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