Alan Russell
Bio
When you read my words they may not be perfect but I hope they:
1. Engage you
2. Entertain you
3. At least make you smile (Omar's Diaries) or
4. Think about this crazy world we live in and
5. Never accept anything at face value
Stories (246)
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The Road Trip
At some moment in the early part of 1963 my parents decided to move back to where my Mum was born. In late September that decision was put into action. Mum, Dad, my two elder brothers, Skip the family dog and I crammed ourselves into the family car and started our journey from Edmonton in the far west of Canada to Montreal to catch a ship to Southampton.
By Alan Russella day ago in Journal
Wriffing with the riting group
BACK STORY I belong to a local writing group which meets once every two weeks. To help the members keep in contact between those meetings there is a WhatsApp group where ideas, thoughts and mutual support in our creative efforts are exchanged.
By Alan Russell4 months ago in Journal
RAF Memorial at Runnymede
Thirty eight metres above sea level and invisible to anyone visiting the Magna Carta Rotunda, John F Kennedy Memorial or The Jurors installation down at the level of the nearby Thames is the magnificent RAF Memorial on the crest of Cooper’s Hill.
By Alan Russell5 months ago in Wander
Final approach
By the time I had finished checking the horse had enough hay and a good enough rug on for the cold night ahead dusk had descended down the hill from Newlands Enclosure and across the fields. A low lying and billowing mist gave a blurred indicator of where Dockens Water bordered the paddocks.
By Alan Russell6 months ago in Fiction
A desperate plea from the elves
They are the invisible workers. They are the unheard of workers. They are the workers who toil night and day above the Arctic Circle who work for Santa making toys for children all over the world for that one special day of the year.
By Alan Russell6 months ago in Fiction
£842,000 - give or take a few hundred quid
It did not take long for the merciless and “take no prisoners” style of media inquisition to put Angela Rayner into the shadows of public life. It has taken even less time for the same style of journalism to focus on another high profile Member of Parliament.
By Alan Russell6 months ago in The Swamp
There is always time for a good cigar and a glass of brandy
When we checked into “The Olde Bell” at Hurley we were given our allocated room number, told it was an upgrade to “The Old Malt House” and that Winston Churchill had stayed in the building during World War II. We were also invited to the Halloween events in the main building later that evening.
By Alan Russell6 months ago in Fiction
