Posts from December 2004.

Story beginnings

I did a lot of writing on Trinidad. I must have started at least 14 short stories. None of which I finished - some I abandoned after a couple of paragraphs, others after a few pages. But I’m writing again.
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The meal of a lifetime

One of the great things about travelling is that you get to try other cuisines. So it should come as no surprise that if you are invited to a barbecue with a bunch of American expats in Trinidad, you are in for quite a treat. Or should it?

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Disco Pigs (2001)

Disco Pigs is an Irish film released in 2001. It is the story of Runt (Elaine Cassidy, The Others, The Bay of Love and Sorrows) and Pig (Cillian Murphy, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain), two kids who might as well have been siblings.

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