Hello and welcome to Winchester, a City set in the countryside.

Paul Silvester, resident, educator and writer.
A novel will soon be available from Amazon – details to follow.

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  • The Run to Farley Mount

    The road out across the front lawn sloped eastwards down towards the town, but looking westwards it led off into countryside. It was an ideal place from which to run or cycle. It was running that Ant did, running rather than jogging, that is. He felt that jogging was something for the middle-aged man or…

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  • Falling Angel

    The not as Angelic Angel – A Short Play The Actors:         2 middle-aged men, 1 middle-aged woman, 1 elderly man Martin, a thick set, middle-aged guy wearing glasses and lounge wear with wellington boots. Roger, a taller better-groomed man with smart leather jacket, slicked hair carrying a lump hammer. Charlie, a bottle blonde, middle…

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  • Arriving your sphincter tightens, being where mother died and her abuser lives on. But then there is the cancer. Helping your sibling with her father’s hospital regime, whilst often wishing him dead instead of her, conflicts your innards, tying you in knots. The semi with magnolia and incongruous diamond-leaded windows looks the same and yet…

    Read more: The Christmas Hospital Pick-Up