The news was that O’Donnell’s funfair was cancelled due to an attempted murder. My sister and I weren’t all that bothered about the cancellation of the fair and were actually quite pleased about the attempted murder. Firstly, we’d had no experience of O’Donnell’s fair and therefore didn’t know wh...
Fiscal Confidence Sister Saleem blew in on an east wind. Her little yellow Daf stalled on the cattle grid because she’d had no experience of cattle grids and imagined it best to slow right down instead of speeding right up. None of us knew who she was or why she had come because the owner had for...
Some names have been changed.) VIC: Victoria Stibbe, my sister MARY-KAY WILMERS (MK): mother of Sam and Will (S&W), deputy editor of the London Review of Books SAM FREARS: Mary-Kay’s son WILL FREARS: Mary-Kay’s son ELSPETH: Elspeth Allison, my mother GEORGE MELLY: jazz singer, critic, writer...