Pangolin Issue 6

I have a weakness for puns. The offspring (our youngest is thirty) cringe in anticipation when I embark on a shaggy dog tale, knowing that they’ll be lucky to escape an excruciating pun at the end. Even a spontaneous pun, as Shakespeare himself might have enjoyed, may be frowned upon by the clan. I suppose […]

Jack Dawson’s Plot

I wrote this some years ago, originally for a radio play competition run by Leeds Writers Circle. I have hesitated to put in on the site for a number of reasons, some of which are explained in Pangolin 6. The cliches, like the puns, are deliberate. This version has stage directions. If any dramatist out […]