After I read Norman Baker's book on The Strange Death of Dr Kelly I was convinced that he was probably killed - and not by his own hand. Baker's own theory of who did it struck me as implausable and the book is uneven and frustrating and includes...
This is how Angela Epstein concludes her report from Manchester on becoming the first person to be issued with a UK ID card:
I loved seeing my name, face and the words British citizen on this tiny piece of plastic. That’s who I am, and why...
Writing is who I am. Or rather, it has become who I am. Until three years ago writing and I were separate beings. I tried writing short stories as a child, but three years ago, as a young Egyptian woman with more awareness of myself I realized that...
A short story
He liked playing with the Jack in a Box more than any other toy. It had been his favourite since childhood, and he continued to have the same passion towards it until he approached his thirties.
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