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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Thou, sun, art half as happy as we,
    In that the world's contracted thus,
    Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
    To warm the world, that's done in warming us.
    Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
    This bed thy center is, these walls, thy sphere.

    Father Horne finds that his impressionability leaves him defenceless to the attentions of Mr Davies.

    Title and extract from John Donne's poem of the same name.

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    09 Aug 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    Greg and Alex are on their New York trip, and unexpectedly Greg pays for them to share a luxurious hotel suite. The shared living space is spacious, has an incredible view, and a baby grand piano pride of place in the middle of the room. Greg decides it's high time Alex finally take a singing lesson, and he once heard that singing is all about breath control...

    Greg plays the note again. “Sing for me, Alex.”

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    07 Jul 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Greg tells everyone that Little Alex Horne sleeps in his underpants.

    It's definitely true.

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    06 Jun 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    “It takes time,” Roisin said, and Greg glanced over at her, confused. “Hanahaki. You don’t just develop it overnight.”

    “No,” Greg agreed.

    Roisin hesitated. “Takes about ten years, yeah?” she asked, and Greg knew she was doing mental maths to figure out just who had come into Greg’s life ten or so years ago that would be causing him to cough up flowers native to the Chiltern Hills.

    Well. He doubted she realised the latter part, having not had the time he’d had to google image search all the various flowers he’d been hacking up or learn that the stupid purple one which made the most frequent appearance was the fucking county flower of Buckinghamshire.

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    21 May 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 14

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    “Now, let me see those baby blues.”

    Alex shakes his head fractionally.

    Eyebrows raised in frank disbelief, Greg asks, “Did you…just say ‘no’ to me, my boy?”

    (January 2019)

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    28 Apr 2024