Ewan Lawrie,

#Flash_Fiction. It's nice to get anything at all finished. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/f... If you prefer audio by a bad voice artist (me) there's this soundcloud.com/user-2248672...

8 Years! Still got the same carpet too. You can buy this excellent collection of #poetry here ... www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Night-M... Don't know where you can get the carpet.

#PoetryAlert Not recommended for those of a prosaic nature. Hope Street www.abctales.com/story/ewan/h...

This #Poem is 10 years old. We're about a world record hundred metre sprint time to midnight by the Doomsday Clock today. "Peace in our time" anyone, "peace dividend"? It's called 'These Are The End Times'. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/t... Image : Vasnetsov's The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,

#Shortstory. I nicked the title from a Leo Kottke song. The story is no relation really but ... well, here it is anyway. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/j... If you want to hear the song it's here youtu.be/ZQ7XqgkJ-rM

Well, there was really only one disc to play today, wasn't there? Art school, pretentious ... and your point is? This is a fabulous album and - of course - The title song. #RIPEMS

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

Drew Gummerson

@drewgum.bsky.social

Well my little darling Saltburn you didn’t make the Polari Prize longlist (congrats to all that did), or sell a great deal of copies, or get many reviews, but I love and am proud of your queer madness, your mermaids, your nuclear power station meltdowns. renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

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This ABCTales.com's #PickoftheDay today, do please share if you like it too. #poetry

ABCtales @abctales.bsky.social

Today's Pick of the Day is a relative rarity, a #poem from Celticman. A very fine one it is too. Do share it if you like it too. www.abctales.com/story/celtic...

davewhenhamphotography.wpcomstaging.comDidn’t we have a lovely time …An hour or so at the seaside #photography

The very talented Dave obviously did. Hope he didn't open a bottle of cider on the way back. Great photos, Dave! #Photography #Blog

Dave in Elland@daveinelland.bsky.social

Didn’t we have a lovely time … An hour or so at the seaside #photography

Hard to believe I wrote this over 4 years ago. Do not panic: the Russian is translated at the end. I've no doubt you'll guess who Volodya is by then. #Poetry www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...

ABCTales has a new prizeless (and priceless) competition. This is my entry... many apologies to EAP www.abctales.com/story/ewan/f...

21 Sept

Queen Beatle's 'Everything shower' is - as always - off-kilter, intriguing poetry with layers that we may discern or not. It's our pick of the day today. Do please share fellow ABCTalers. www.abctales.com/story/queen-...

17 Sept

Before getting my first novel published, I managed to get poetry and the odd short story published in these. Probably now all defunct, but I categorically deny that putting my work in them contributed to their fate. 🤣 #BooksFromTheBottomOfThePile

14 Sept

A bulletin from the war-zone that is cancer treatment and a powerful piece of poetry to boot. #Cancer #Poetry

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This very powerful piece, "White Noise", from skinner_jennifer is our #PickoftheDay. Do please share if it if you read it, so others may too. www.abctales.com/story/skinne... #poetry

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review: Altered Images The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, 11th September 2026©T Y Lawrie Last night we took a visit to Planet Clare – (nothing to do with The B-52s) – Grogan, that is. Altered Images are currently touring with a show based on their breakout album…

12 Sept

Another "Kind of" Review: Altered Images, The Picturedrome, Holmfirth ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/a...

11 Sept

So by way of utter contrast, today is Bonzos Day, something I celebrate on a random basis by playing the fantastic 'Cornology': 3 whole CDs of bonkersness (although that's not a word, it should be).

11 Sept

Only the best musicians could be as ridiculous as this. Listening to 'The Intro and The Outro' you can see where The Fast Show got the idea for 'Jazz Club'. Neil Innes and Viv Stanshall in the same band, it shouldn't work at all, but it does.

8 Sept

More of this (whatever this is). www.abctales.com/story/ewan/m...

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

7 Sept

Funny, cheering and life-affirming: all of these slices of Bulgarian life are funny in the manner of Flann O'Brien, Giovannino Guareschi or even Spike Milligan. That's why this one, "Oh Ambassador, You Are Really Scaring Us", is our #PickoftheDay today. www.abctales.com/.../oh-ambas....

2 Sept

Rant. Nothing to see here. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/g...

25 Aug

#PoetryAlert you have been warned. 'I Have Other Books' PS there are a couple missing from this picture, I should do another one, really. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/i...

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

24 Aug

Today's Pick of the Day is a postcard from an edge most of us hope we won't have to look over. We wish Skinner_Jennifer (Jenny) well, in several senses. all the best from ABCTales www.abctales.com/.../ski.../l... #PickoftheDay

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review: A Taste of China, Cooper Kitchen & Bar August 19th 2026The Chinese language remains a mystery to me, not least because there are two kinds, Mandarin and Cantonese. I know two whole phrases “Ni hao” (你好) – Hello, more or less, in Manda…

21 Aug

Another "Kind of" Blog post #Food #Review #Whimsy ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/a...

18 Aug

Another bit of this. Illustration is AI assisted (well, no, just AI) The words aren't #BooksFromTheBottomOfThePile www.abctales.com/story/ewan/m...

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

@daveinelland.bsky.social

17 Aug

Today's Pick of the Day is Makis's Eclipsed, do please share this fine example of poetry far and wide www.abctales.com/story/makis/...

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

Dave in Elland

14 Aug

Blast from the past – part 1 Part 1 of 2, exploring digital #pinhole #photography #miapinhole

davewhenhamphotography.wpcomstaging.comBlast from the past – part 1Part 1 of 2, exploring digital #pinhole #photography #miapinhole

14 Aug

Another bit of this, if you read yesterday's or started from the beginning. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/m... #Fiction #YA

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

12 Aug

This intriguing and adroitly crafted chapter from Ewan’s work-in-progress makes me want to read more. ‘Money for the Circus 12’ is today’s Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/m... Please share if you can.

12 Aug

Here's one I've been stuck on for a very long time. Managed to squeeze out this today. #fiction #BooksFromTheBottomOfThePile www.abctales.com/story/ewan/m... You should probably go here first, but don't feel obliged. www.abctales.com/collection/m...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review: Scissor Sisters @The Piece Hall, Halifax, Sunday 10th of August 2026Scissor Sisters with their big Scissors or maybe the other way around ©TY Lawrie A band that’s been on our “to see” list for a long time. One of the few bands that broke through t…

11 Aug

Another "Kind of" Review, Scissor Sisters @thepiecehall.bsky.social Halifax #music #scissorsisters ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/a...

6 Aug

Very pleased to announce Turlough's excellent piece, Farzaneh's Song as our Pick of the Day. Share far and wide, please. Fine sentiments, well expressed. www.abctales.com/.../turl.../...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.com3 Crackers CrackersThese three songs sum up the bonkers brilliance of music of bygone days. One is a Brecht-Weill masterpiece about a gangster. One sounds like the title song from the soundtrack to a loony spaghetti …

24 July

First non-food/concert blog post for a while ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/3... #'60s #Music #Theydontake'emlikethatanymore

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review: A Taste of the Mediterranean. Cooper Kitchen & Bar, 23 July 2026.When I told a friend we were attending ‘A Taste of the Mediterranean’, he said ‘a very salty dish with dubious ingredients, then?’ It was a joke that would be understood onl…

24 July

Another "Kind of" Review: #food #restaurant #life #review #Elland ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/a...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review; James Taylor and the All Star Band, The Piece Hall, July 16th 2026.©TY Lawrie Long ago and far away, in a boarding school on the edge of the Galaxy – AKA Northumberland – I first heard vinyl records by James Taylor. I couldn’t work it out, the sa…

17 July

ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/a... #Review #Music #Nostalgia Blogpost

15 July

I don't usually do these: writing based on an inspiration point, that is. Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...' A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...

13 July

I think - but don't know - that it must be a bit like this : #poetryalert Approach with caution 'Voices' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review, Deacon Blue & Lightning Seeds, Friday 10th July 2026Lightning Seeds on firstWhat an amazing venue for gigs … Ricky Ross had the crowd eating out of his handPhotos ©T Y Lawrie I’ve a confession to make, although Deacon Blue formed part of…

10 July

Another "Kind of Review", 9th Jul '26 #Deacon_Blue/Lightning_Seeds @thepiecehall.bsky.social ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/a...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother “Kind of” Review, Tapas in the Town, Cooper Kitchen, 7th July 2026As some may know we lived in Southern Spain for some 15+ years, before the vagaries of life deposited us in land-locked Calderdale. Tapas are everywhere, but in the less wealthy parts of Spain, rur…

9 July

Another "Kind of" Review, Tapas in the Town #Elland #CooperKitchen #WYorksDining ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/a...

6 July

Hocus Pocus, the Best of #Focus. Starts off with Hocus Pocus; bat-shit yodelling, metal guitar playing, Hammond organ, some weird-accordion stuff, more flute than Jethro Tull, and drum solos. And it stays weird. That's why I like it.

4 July

If you don't go to pubs, you could leave your answer in a comment below ... #WhichbookshallIfinishfirst? (other books available here tinyurl.com/ELAP-AuthorP... )

Ewan Lawrie, reposted

1 July

Eric Marsh's latest part of The Music Box is our pick of the day today. It shows good world building and has an interesting premise. Well done. www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... Do please share. Part 1 is here : www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... if you need to begin at the beginning.

25 June

Well, some times I do contemplate things, now and zen www.abctales.com/story/ewan/a...

22 June

#poetryalert Probably not for everyone/anyone. 'Posted and Packing' Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...

4 June

For anyone remotely interested. I have been working on 3 different novels for the past 18 months. More correctly, I should say I have been trying to complete 3 unfinished novels for that period. #booksfromthebottomofthepile #writingnotwriting

4 June

Today, I am beginning a new strategy: I'm going to (try to) finish this one. If I don't manage it within 6 months, I'm going to write a different book altogether, although I should admit here that all three novels are "different". Anyway, wish me luck!

3 June

#PoetryAlert. Steer well clear, if you don't like doggerel. The Last Human www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...

25 May

Today's #POD at @ABCTales

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This is our ABCTales #PickoftheDay. Thoughtful, thought-provoking poetry from AngusFolklore, 'Something of Yours' Do please share and give it the exposure it deserves. www.abctales.com/story/angusf...

ewanlawrie.wordpress.comAnother Kind of Review: The Best of Us Tasting Menu, Cooper’s Kitchen. 20 May 2026Last night’s mission statement. Innovative as ever, the gang at Cooper Kitchen & Bar had polled their many Cooper-fans, encouraging them to vote for the favourite courses from the many ta…

21 May

Another"Kind Of" Review, #Blogpost ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/a...

linkedin.comI recently received some of these purporting to be from highly successful authors: one from "Danielle Steel" and two from "Wendy Holden". These were all, as Jane Gulliford Lowes ...I recently received some of these purporting to be from highly successful authors: one from "Danielle Steel" and two from "Wendy Holden". These were all, as Jane Gulliford Lowes says her lit. agents...

11 May

A cautionary tale. Won't get fooled again. How many times do I play that song? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...