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No King
No King

Imagine, if everyone did what they ‘saw fit’…

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Gary Bastin7 May 2025
God Assignments
God Assignments

I asked if they had finished unpacking…

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Gary Bastin30 April 2025
The Stranger
The Stranger

This was a deep question for such a young child…

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Gary Bastin23 April 2025
A lot can happen in a week
A lot can happen in a week

A lot can happen in a week…

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Gary Bastin16 April 2025
Do not worry
Do not worry

The world seems to be very unsettled at the moment…

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Gary Bastin9 April 2025
Be no fool
Be no fool

However hard I tried, I could not get it to work…

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Gary Bastin2 April 2025
The Secret Giver
The Secret Giver

They wanted to give the money anonymously….

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Gary Bastin26 March 2025
Three Characters
Three Characters

One day I was Luke Skywalker, on another, Indiana Jones…

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Gary Bastin19 March 2025
World Book Day
World Book Day

I saw ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Spiderman’ and many with their favourite book…

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Gary Bastin5 March 2025
Distinguish mark
Distinguish mark

Growing up was hard. I was (and still am, just) a ginger…

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Gary Bastin26 February 2025
Don't take away my music
Don't take away my music

We would listen every Sunday night to the Top 40 played on Radio 1…

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Gary Bastin19 February 2025
Partnership
Partnership

I remember the occasion as we were the only two in the theatre…

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Gary Bastin12 February 2025
Unnoticed
Unnoticed

It was unique, different and probably rather warm…

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Gary Bastin5 February 2025
That one thing
That one thing

They were three of the world’s richest men…

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Gary Bastin29 January 2025
Have a good day
Have a good day

Our conversation is pretty much the same each week…

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Gary Bastin22 January 2025
a strange mix
a strange mix

A Scottish fish and chip shop did something rather odd…

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Gary Bastin15 January 2025
The Real Deal
The Real Deal

It was valued at an eye-watering £1,000,000…

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Gary Bastin8 January 2025
Happy New Year
Happy New Year

I’ve stopped staying up until midnight…

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Gary Bastin1 January 2025
Christmas Joy?
Christmas Joy?

Is Joy just a Christmas feeling…

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Gary Bastin26 December 2024
O Holy Child of Bethlehem
O Holy Child of Bethlehem

I have done all my Christmas shopping…

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Gary Bastin18 December 2024
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The Sarum Hill Centre, Sarum Hill,
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