Last week, Elaine, a friend of hers (D) and I went to an art gallery. On our return we caught the Overground train at Highbury and Islington, heading towards Stratford….
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Conversations
Epistolary writing: an update
As you may know, I’ve been exchanging letters online with Rebecca Holden. We agree that we’d write three letters each. We’ve enjoyed the experiment so much that we’ve decided to continue with it after the Christmas break.
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Give me strength! Photo by Terry Freedman
A closed-loop conversation
The following conversation really happened. No wonder my hair has started turning grey.
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Groundhog hour
I was astonished at how she was able to carry on a conversation which, at first, seemed perfectly normal and sensible.
Read MoreA ridiculous correspondence
The writer Keith Waterhouse once wrote a column in which he mused that he was certain there was an organisation whose sole purpose was to drive people insane.
Read MoreA phone call to technical support reported as a one-sided conversation
Under normal circumstances you can only hear one side of a conversation over the telephone. With that in mind, I’ve reported this (true) conversation from my side only. You should be able to infer what the person on the other end was saying.
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Conversing, by Terry Freedman
An unexpected benefit of lockdown
Who would have thought that during lockdown, a time that you can venture out of your front door only if your life depends on it (or you’ve run out of milk), it’s been possible to have conversations with all sorts of people?
Read MoreAn example of why pedantry is not a great idea
Reading a set of instructions that have emerged from the printer, and having spotted a missing space and an ‘s’ instead of an ‘a’….
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