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Nina is sorting through laundry on the kitchen table. Streaks of rainwater darken the stiff fabric of the clothes and bedlinen and towels cr...

I am walking home from work. Fat raindrops spot the pavement and I put my collar up and pull my coat close against the night. I feel alert a...

The kettle shakes as it comes to a boil, steam billowing from its spout. I pour water from the kettle onto the teabag in my mug. The staff r...

Denis, Freddie and I put the finishing touches to the orange pyramid. This one is 3.5 metres tall and each side of the base measures 5 metre...

The tree ferns grow thinly on the edge of the forest, fronds uncoiling over the tops of the narrow trunks. Placing my triceratops head again...

There is another tower of oranges in the storeroom. Next to it are slightly smaller towers of clementines, mandarins and satsumas. The tower...

Dear Carmella, Thank you for your letter. I’m sorry I didn’t get to see you on the day you left. I hope you got home okay and your family ar...