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Have you ever come to a place where you thought, ‘Wow, I’ve come home’? You just felt that pull – Call it destiny or comfort. Well, when I came to Yorkshire for the first time in 1988 to visit a holiday romance from the previous summer, I certainly felt that pull – no pun intended. My love affair with ‘Gods Own County’ actually began a long time before 1988. I’m German, you see, and we Germans are very fond of the English humour. And, in 1979, some bright spark at the German television channel ARD had the grand idea to buy in one of theRead More →

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Foreword by the author: “This short story was inspired by the novel ‘The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald’ and Raymond Chandler’s noir style of writing. It was, in fact, my final A-level assignment in 2015 that got me an A* grade. Hope you enjoy reading it.” I first met the kid, Jay Gatsby, in a dive of a pool bar on Forty-third Street; the kind of smoky, overcrowded joint where you’d easily find the wrong number squirting metal at you if you looked at somebody the wrong way. I was checking him out as I was pushing my way towards him. Although he wasRead More →

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a neighbourhood made up of one moderately wide street, 22 semi-detached houses on either side with 22 adjoining driveways, an average of three vehicles and half a dog per property must have an abundance of goodwill amongst its occupants. It is also a truth universally unacknowledged that this is not so.” Lust & Prejudice “Look, Harry. The new neighbours are moving in next door.” “Hm? Ah, ok.” “They’ve got a van, parked right across our drive. A big, white, ugly transit van. Great. That’s our neighbourhood spoiled then.” “Hm, hm.” “Is that all you’ve got to say? Hm,Read More →