His number was up: the pale doors to the Galactic Liason cubicle slid shut behind him. “How can I help you, sir?” “Well, I need help with two things, but they’re kind of one thing: I’ve lost my girlfriend, and my spaceship..” “How long has your girlfriend been missing, sir?” “She isn’t missing – I […]

A warm breeze and rain so soft that it feels like I’m sitting in a passing cloud – is this a good time to mention that a world war may have started while we were having breakfast/supper/swinging our kettlebells/texting Über/catching a bus? It all seems a bit unthinkable, but while we were ranting and raving […]

Lurching home in a stop-start train on the first hot, still Friday after winter. When 3 glue-crazed youths decided that arson was the correct response to “Can I see your ticket?” they didn’t realise that it would mean immediate jail for them. Or that it would turn a 30-minute journey into a 2-hour long hot […]