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If you want me to start giving to your charity, think of this first.
So you've knocked on my front door, and I've opened it. You've asked me to make a regular donation to a charity. I already make regular donations to two charities. I do it by standing order, to make sure that I don't forget, and yes, I have heard of gift aid, yes, I am a UK taxpayer and yes, the charities I donate to benefit from this ( Read more... ) -
A plea I perhaps have no right to make
.. to people speaking of adopted or step-children ( Read more... ) -
Sad but true indicator of low achievement
By low achievement, I mostly mean the person not achieving as well as they could otherwise do in qualifications - academic, vocational or otherwise ( Read more... ) -
In the general spirit of reviewing what fan-fictiony things I've done in the past few years
Bechdel test - and reverse Bechdel test.
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last question - and a bit of cheating
It was going to be what Ann and her father have a blazing row about, but when I started to write about it I discovered it was part of a bigger incident. So the question is, what are John Walker and Peter Marlow going to have a blazing row about?
John allows Peter Marlow to sail Swallow. Peter take a stupid risk to show he's not afraid. Peter ( Read more... ) -
Another Christmassy meme thingy
6. Mrs Marlow spends Christmas day alone. Why?When her children said that Rowan looked “like Mum in the Malta photographs” Pam remembered that first Christmas after they were married. You couldn’t see in the photographs that Giles was on the way. She had told no-one yet except Geoff, not even her mother, whose Christmas card had definitely ( Read more... ) -
Marginally Christmassy slightly meme-ish thing
5. Captain Marlow kisses someone he shouldn’t. Who ( Read more... ) -
question 4 of mildly Christmassy meme thingy
4. Ann Marlow and Giles Marlow go to a party together. Who drinks and who drives ( Read more... )
