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Elegy for an Unemployed Youth.

February 29, 2012

Anybody leaving school these days, without a job or any further education waiting for them, is comparable to the man …

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The Agency Workers (12).

November 14, 2011

The agency sent Renata and I to the conference centre last night, to help out at a wedding reception. “The …

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“Henry Isn’t Working Here Anymore…”

October 18, 2011

Tychy@ the Fringe: The Ducks.

August 3, 2011

Two Northern lads, “R” and “K” (Dean Ashton and Thomas Morrison) enrol on a volunteer work scheme to drain a …

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The Little Fascist.

July 29, 2011

I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …

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Jiggery Pokery.

June 9, 2011

“You’ve heard the phrase the customer is always right… Well, guess what, they’re not.” John Turchiano, spokesman for the New …

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The Agency Workers (11).

January 19, 2011

When Renata began temping at one of the larger city hotels, she was warned that the chief executive was an …

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The Agency Workers (10): Halloween Fright Night Special.

October 30, 2010

[Halloween is, of course, tomorrow, but the parties are tonight. Ed.] Renata had been accorded the most difficult resident, Josef, …

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The Agency Workers (9).

September 9, 2010

It was a slow morning at the hospital canteen and Noah and I had disappeared into the office for a …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: You Can’t Go Swimming…

August 12, 2010

[The following contains all the plot spoilers.] Zoë Cooper’s “You Can’t Go Swimming with Your Ex-Husband,” which is presently showing …

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A Midsummer Romance.

July 17, 2010

There is little work in the city at this time of year and all that the agency has to offer …

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The Agency Workers (8) – featuring Jack Potato.

June 25, 2010

The baked potato was returned stone cold. Our manager Scott had scolded Nigel the chef, the fuming Nigel had thrown …

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Blood of the World: Herman Melville’s Redburn (1/2).

May 27, 2010

Herman Melville’s lively picaresque Redburn: His First Voyage was first published in 1849 (shortly after the commercial and critical failure …

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The Walk.

March 3, 2010

A block of insurance offices with a fine view of Arthur’s Seat stacked up grandly outside like a wedding cake. …

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The Agency Workers (7).

December 9, 2009

They had sprouted like mushrooms, perched on their little stalks in the dusty corners beneath ceilings where once only a …

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