the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

balcombe viaduct ... brought in by ship !

on putney heath ... spring is sprung

cowdray park ... all you need now is a polo pony ... one would rather hope to see the players in shining armour

upstairs next door to the bread shop

hammersmith bridge, nice and early

my dear aunt mavis forward/ferguson/butler near blorenge ... and in 1943, with her mother violet, my grandmother

gratuitous chocolate pudding imagery ... with kitchen genius sheila evans searching the ceiling for a lost word

built to last ... with identical twin lady doctors ?

in case of emergency: when emotional blackmail fails ...

Chapter Ninety Nine: In which our hero discovers the limitations of pathos ...

i've fixed us a noticeboard, six feet high by two feet six ... in the loo ... how many postcards will it take ?

what's the welsh for "gone coracle-ing" ?

and you can always use microsoft word spell checker to find out if your style is fashionably opaque

must i run barefoot all the way down to the king's road to get some new trainers right now ?

superheroes go bonkers in lone pine

i am too weak-willed to resist sharing with you this gratuitous juxtaposition ( i )

real grass at liberty in sloane street

cleaning the hob ... any excuse to delay the hoovering !

we flew south ...

... to indulge in a growing affection for roman marble