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Marching Songs
Keith Ridgway
‘I believe, though I cannot prove, that my illness is due directly to the perverted Catholicism and megalomania of Mr Tony Blair, former Prime Minister, whom I met once.’
Servitude
Tessa Hadley
‘We had each needed the other for something, which wasn’t kindness or love. We’d both had dry husks for our hearts, that day.’
Two Girls in a Boat
Emma Martin
‘This was a tiredness that caused Hannah to walk into a travel agent in Clapham High Street on a grey Tuesday morning and buy a ticket to New Zealand.’
The Dolphin Catcher
Diana McCaulay
‘Lloyd heard his grandfather’s voice in his mind: I come from a line of fishermen.’
Morrison Okoli (1955-2010)
Jekwu Anyaegbuna
‘It is always an honour to have women cry during someone’s burial, but yours is too silent for comfort.’
Radio Story
Anushka Jasraj
‘We have been married five years – too soon for us to take pleasure in each other’s absence.’
Rice Cakes and Starbucks
Esther Freud
‘When the Lindens arrived in Los Angeles it was raining. Not drizzling, or even pouring, but streaming down outside the glass doors of the arrivals lounge in thick, grey sideways slices.’
John Saturnall’s Feast
Lawrence Norfolk
‘After a turn they came to a high arched entrance from which cooking smells drifted.’
When You Grow Into Yourself
Ross Raisin
‘A few drivers had slowed to look up at the side of the coach as it circled the roundabout.’
