Tag: History
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The Real Mona Lisa
The world-famous Mona Lisa was inspired by a digital watercolour painting created in 2023, it can now be revealed. The enigmatic beauty, seen here for the first time ever, was actually stood before an Atlantean waterfall, before Leonardo da Vinci adapted the image in 1503 to include the now familiar Italian backdrop. Folk don’t seem…
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Modern Music
Benny Gravell decided to walk after the heavy downpour, even though much of the ground was soggy. He’d finally made up his mind to visit a part of town he’d never been to before, the Far Side. He reached his destination in quick time considering the marshy, boggy and swampy conditions he had to trudge…
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The Fantastical World of TL Merriman*
*An autobiography.** I was born back in the day, actually, on the cusp of one day and the next, but I’d just made it on the first day. It was a Wednesday, not that I remember. It was a Leap Year. I’m a Generation Xer***, apparently, born under the sign of the Monkey in the…
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Reverence Ep.2.2: Out Walking
They all jostled and bounced along as they trundled through Nottingham Forest on the old dirt track which followed the stream that flowed all the way through. It wasn’t comfortable as it was in the packed carriage, without the extra burden of being elbowed and kicked by the other travellers. “Enough! Stopth’ carriage!” Gemevere shouted,…
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Reverence Ep.2.1: Two Days Later
Gemevere stretched as she felt the sun’s warm rays upon her face. She yawned, opened her eyes, and looked around and found herself lay on a blanket on a gentle hillside, on soft grass surrounded by buttercups. Hempsty was fast asleep beside her on the blanket, and in the distance, at the bottom of the…
The Mansionic Perspective 