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David Atkinson

@dla1950

I am a writer born in Sunderland UK, and have published 13 novels and 3 collections of poetry. 'Imagination is the most powerful force given to mankind'

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david-latkinson.blogspot.com
Joined February 2009
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Witness Accounts

Witness Accounts

 The dreadful killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis reminded me of the difficulty police have in filtering accurate witness accounts from those accounts that are not quite as accurate. I have a…

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Bad Postcodes

Bad Postcodes

 The term ‘postcode lottery’ is often used to describe access limitations to many types of services, ranging from drugs to pothole repairs.  Post Code Lotteries If you live in…

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Journey Through Time

Journey Through Time

 I was directed towards a podcast last week that I found interesting and scary. Christmas Carol  One of my favourite books was written by Dickens in 1843. Quite often, Dickens and this story a…

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Coal House

Coal House

On the eve of a new year, the source of a northern tradition of ‘first-footing’ (Viking origins), I give you a shrine to the first foot’s good luck symbol Coal. Coal House Th…

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Nutty Slack

Nutty Slack

 The opposite of anthracite, or steam coal, but the basic form of ‘king coal’. A mineral that rightly attained the regal title, and I will explain from a personal perspective. …

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Santy Claws 2

Santy Claws 2

 Merry Christmas to all who bother. Know that I appreciate even the most cursory glance. Santy Claws 2 Several decades on, the spirit hasn’t gone, the season still delights, but fewer tingly n…

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Robin

 If you have done all your shopping, wrapping and card delivering you could have two or three days in limbo. We’ve had black Friday and mad Friday etc, and Christmas Day is three days aw…

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Santy Claws

Santy Claws

 Just a bit of fun that isn’t dependent on the expenditure of limited financial resources. Also in celebration of Sunderland’s success against the auld enemy. Santy Claws Santy is …

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Spirited

Spirited

 I am closing in on the end of A Christmas Carol, my annual pre-Christmas read, and decided on this longer Mackem offering.  Spirited   The room was a massive space, &…

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Virtual Assistant – Police

Virtual Assistant – Police

 In writing, we are engaging in translations of the same words into different stories. Even though there are limited story styles, in some opinions only 7, writers produce thousands of variati…

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Octocentenary Apathy

Octocentenary Apathy

 I am fairly certain that I’ve written about apathy in the past, but if the almost annual trip down this particular lane wakes up one individual to the truth about the way ordinary peopl…

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Same words different story

Same words different story

 Writing may be defined as any conventional system of marks or signs that represents the utterances of a language. Writing renders language visible. Whereas speech is ephemeral, writing is con…

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Managed Disintegration

Managed Disintegration

We’re all on the same one-way street. Irrespective of the plethora of advice supposedly keeping us healthier for longer, humans have an expiry date.  Managed Disintegration   I’ve nee id…

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Skills

Skills

I was Googling ‘writing’ and came across an interesting question –  What is the best writing skill  It intrigued me so I read on.  Thisis what I found. Writing skil…

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Selections

Selections

 A villanelle is a 19-line poem with a strict form: five three-line stanzas (tercets) followed by a four-line stanza (quatrain). It uses two refrains—the first and third lines of the…

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Writing Framework

Writing Framework

 The Department of Education has produced a framework for writing in primary schools. It is a prodigious document. I feel for those who have to work with it. There are some interesting paragra…

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