The Multi-Million Pound 59th Birthday Bash

The Lower Strangling Chronicles “I would have assumed Noah would have done this next year, when he hits the big six-oh,” Sarah said to Dave, as she looked out over the London skyline from the top of 20 Fenchurch Street. “So would I, but I guess he’ll take any excuse to hold a big partyContinue reading “The Multi-Million Pound 59th Birthday Bash”

The Family Next Door

The Oxford Set It was a rainy, overcast December day in the trendy London borough of Splitafields, and Evelyn Ashbrook quietly sat at her desk in her candlelit study, working on her latest children’s book illustration. As she painted the walls of the brightly coloured house in her drawing, she heard sounds coming from theContinue reading “The Family Next Door”

Father’s Day At the Tower

“It’s odd to think that the country’s most dangerous people are below our feet right now,” John said as he observed the wildflowers that were currently surrounding the iconic tower of London. “Yeah. You just wouldn’t have known if you didn’t know already,” Adele, John’s daughter, said. John had not visited the Tower, or LondonContinue reading “Father’s Day At the Tower”

An Australian in Greenwich

When they were growing up in the sandy deserts of Tooraweenah, Bruce Richardson and his friends never thought they’d one day meet each other in leafy Greenwich, looking out over the iconic view of the Queen’s House, the Old Royal Naval College behind it, and the modern skyscrapers of Canary Wharf towering over the wholeContinue reading “An Australian in Greenwich”