Old friends
Up and beyond the pile of primroses near the top of the hill I stand before my grandparents. They are 16 years apart, and sinking on one side: no flowers for them – they are strangers here. Just behind and…
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April 2015
Houseago Diaries latest: comet, chef and exploding rabbits
The sixth episode of our fearless revelation of the Houseago Diaries, whose existence until now has been a well-kept secret. They reveal the gradual infiltration of Norfolk by great-crested newts, under the guise of an endangered species, and the heroic…
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Houseago Diaries: newt inspectors behaving oddly
This is the fifth episode of our much sought-after serialisation of the Houseago Diaries, recently unearthed in parts of Norwich. It reveals unexpected background events to the heroic fight by Henry (Fred) “Shrimp” Houseago against the great crested newts who attempted…
What are newts not hibernating? Houseago Diaries ask key questions
This is the fourth episode of the Houseago Diaries, the recently unearthed unique historical record of one man’s struggle against bureaucracy and newts. It forms a background for, not to mention insights into, the articles originally published in the Eastern Daily Press,…
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The light leaps out
I just about managed to complete my tanka series for Lent. Here are a few from the final few days. Palm Sunday on the approach to the occupied city cry hosanna not knowing how salvation might be torn from heaven Monday,…
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The Houseago Diaries: newts could get nuclear capacity
Episode three of the recently unearthed Houseago Diaries, which chronicle the struggles of Norfolk hero Henry (Fred) “Shrimp” Houseago against an attempted takeover by great crested newts. Occasional reports of this struggle were published in the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich, between 1995 and 2006…
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The Houseago Diaries: newts hit back
Here is the second episode of the Houseago Diaries – recently unearthed and presented exclusively here. They relate in astonishing detail the ongoing battle of Henry (Fred) “Shrimp” Houseago against great crested newts, who threaten to destroy the Norfolk way of…