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Tag Archives: Satire

Live By The Sword.

November 9, 2022

Andrzej Štefan had been sitting waiting at one of the high tables by the window. He was waiting for the …

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Niceties.

October 21, 2022

Our new barman was called Micky and he was from Ukraine. He had been in Ukraine as early ago as …

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Why Can’t The Queen’s Reign Simply Continue?

September 12, 2022

The republican’s foremost objection to monarchy should be the sheer miserablism of its implications. According to many of the tributes …

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Tychy @ the Fringe: The Conversation.

August 26, 2022

“The Conversation” is a beautifully designed and performed satirical play from Nottingham New Theatre. It is written by Syania Shaharuddin …

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Shenanigans.

May 18, 2022

Pippa became the President of EUSA because she had not been invited to a party. Honorine had gotten her claws …

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A Story from St Patrick’s.

April 30, 2022

When Ken entered the pub he was already marauding and in a dangerous mood. He felt strangely weightless on his …

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Join Tychy In The Metaverse!

February 18, 2022

This morning, James and I presented ourselves at the front door of a villa in Morningside. James rang the doorbell. …

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YouTube Review: Vic Berger and Aamon Animations.

August 25, 2021

Is the work of the “hyperreal” YouTube channels Vic Berger and Aamon Animations actually meaningful as political satire? The one …

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You Read It Here First.

August 16, 2021

Yesterday, the Taliban finally seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, ending a NATO intervention in that country that has haunted politics throughout …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).

August 11, 2021

[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …

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The Sun Is Coming Out.

July 19, 2021

James had slunk into the turquoise waters of the Honeychile Lagoon and such was the effect of his thin body …

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The Story of the Old Man in the Tux.

July 4, 2021

I had been left standing marooned at the bar beside the old man in the tux. He looked me over …

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A Cocktail Crash-Lands.

June 15, 2021

The cafeteria seemed much cooler now that I had stopped eating. With faux-casualness, I had folded a used napkin over …

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“So There’s This App…”

June 2, 2021

She, Tori, had suddenly loomed out of the muggy cafeteria, the steam that would bead on the bottles of soju, …

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An English Country Vicar Meets His Match.

February 21, 2021

On Sunday morning, the Reverend Stuart Campbell climbed into the pulpit and he began to preach his sermon to the …

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