Elegy for an Unemployed Youth.
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).
The agency sent Renata and I to the conference centre last night, to help out at a wedding reception. “The …
“Henry Isn’t Working Here Anymore…”
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Ducks.
Two Northern lads, “R” and “K” (Dean Ashton and Thomas Morrison) enrol on a volunteer work scheme to drain a …
The Little Fascist.
I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …
Jiggery Pokery.
“You’ve heard the phrase the customer is always right… Well, guess what, they’re not.” John Turchiano, spokesman for the New …
The Agency Workers (11).
When Renata began temping at one of the larger city hotels, she was warned that the chief executive was an …
The Agency Workers (10): Halloween Fright Night Special.
[Halloween is, of course, tomorrow, but the parties are tonight. Ed.] Renata had been accorded the most difficult resident, Josef, …
The Agency Workers (9).
It was a slow morning at the hospital canteen and Noah and I had disappeared into the office for a …
Tychy@ the Fringe: You Can’t Go Swimming…
[The following contains all the plot spoilers.] Zoë Cooper’s “You Can’t Go Swimming with Your Ex-Husband,” which is presently showing …
A Midsummer Romance.
There is little work in the city at this time of year and all that the agency has to offer …
The Agency Workers (8) – featuring Jack Potato.
The baked potato was returned stone cold. Our manager Scott had scolded Nigel the chef, the fuming Nigel had thrown …
Blood of the World: Herman Melville’s Redburn (1/2).
Herman Melville’s lively picaresque Redburn: His First Voyage was first published in 1849 (shortly after the commercial and critical failure …
The Walk.
A block of insurance offices with a fine view of Arthur’s Seat stacked up grandly outside like a wedding cake. …
The Agency Workers (7).
They had sprouted like mushrooms, perched on their little stalks in the dusty corners beneath ceilings where once only a …
