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Frozen

Frozen

It didn’t matter that our TV was black and white. There were no colours. This was the winter of the snow, the snow which lasted until Easter.

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Simone Mansell Broome 5 min read
Fur and Feathers

Fur and Feathers

All fur coat and no knickers. I inherited my parents’ distaste for flashiness.

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Simone Mansell Broome 6 min read
A Year of Living Dangerously

A Year of Living Dangerously

With her signature blend of wit and warmth, A Year of Living Dangerously presents Del Hughes’ award-winning, Nation.Cymru articles in one hilarious and heart-warming book serialised here.

Del Hughes 2 min read
Episode 4. A Very Delayed Departure – Myvvi the Dead

Episode 4. A Very Delayed Departure – Myvvi the Dead

Being the wife of the town undertaker, I took my half of the associated duties seriously to ensure that the demands for a quality send-off were well balanced against the value of the life insurance payout.

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The Station Road Sewing Circle 17 min read
Flitters

Flitters

I was taken aback by Mum’s lack of surprise. The family had gone and we never saw or heard of them again. Of course, I heard the grown-ups talk. Murmurs of debts and gambling.

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Simone Mansell Broome 6 min read
Llanefa Triangle - 3

Llanefa Triangle - 3

At 12.30 on the dot, Bara emerged from the shed he was working in and stood in confusion in the yard.

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Blessed are the Cracked 7 min read
Fallen

Fallen

We lived opposite a fallen woman. We knew that’s what she was because she was living in sin.

Simone Mansell Broome 5 min read
The Llanefa Triangle - 2

The Llanefa Triangle - 2

A few miles away from Bara’s home, life had taken a downward turn for Meirion Jones.

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Blessed are the Cracked 11 min read
The Llanefa Triangle -1

The Llanefa Triangle -1

A newspaper cutting sticks out of a sheaf of papers. Tegwyn pulls it out. It is the front and back cover of the Llanefa Guardian. His photograph appears on the sports section of the back page under the headline ‘Tegwyn Wins National Police Championships’.

Blessed are the Cracked 8 min read
Falafels, some frogs and a ferret

Falafels, some frogs and a ferret

Through stories and reminiscences, Simone Mansell Broome tells us – with humour, empathy and a light touch - about the people she encounters and the trials she overcomes.

Simone Mansell Broome 3 min read
Icon Rapture 10

Icon Rapture 10

“Did you know, Sergei,” said FSB Major-General Anatole Sweridenko,” what they found when they did an autopsy on the exhumed body of Vladimir Illich Lenin, ten years after his death?”

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Osman Khareef 6 min read
Icon Rapture - 9

Icon Rapture - 9

“Took your time, didn't you?” said Eleazar ben Ja'ir who was squatting on the ledge beside the water and using a flint to send sparks into a torch of reeds and pitch.

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Osman Khareef 10 min read

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