If I had a superpower
I’m sure that one reason for the success of Marvel and DC comics is that they tap into a deep vein of human aspiration, the desire to be...
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martindukes
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
Where do ideas come from?
The way in which our brain generates ideas is one thing that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, although I think animals...
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martindukes
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
My first blog tour
Well, this is exciting! Today is the first stop on my blog tour, organised by Goddess Fish Promotions. During the course of the next two...
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martindukes
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
Cushions
Has a man ever bought a cushion? I’m not talking about the purchase of such an item as a gift. Doubtless, such occasions have arisen....
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martindukes
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Our friends electric
When I was a kid I had Scalextric. For those of you unfamiliar with this, I should tell you that it was an electrified track system on...
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martindukes
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
Formality vs Informality
I don’t think I’m a particularly formal person. I do, however, think that a certain social distance in human interactions creates a sense...
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martindukes
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
The end of plain speaking
As someone recently retired from teaching I have written a great many reports on pupils during the thirty-eight years of my career. At...
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martindukes
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Littoral truths
Have you ever tried scuba-diving? Perhaps your experience was better than mine. I’ve always liked the notion of the sea. I like to be...
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martindukes
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Four Letter Words
Four Letter Words Ten thousand years of thought and toil That wrought the iron, tilled the soil, Are written in our teeming brows With...
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martindukes
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Glass
My home town used to be famous for making glass. That was in the days before it was discovered that people in foreign countries could do...
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martindukes
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
Crafty Advertising
I enjoy this word as a noun. It calls to mind notions of human skill in moulding challenging materials to suit human need. I think of...
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martindukes
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
Reading with Kids
I think it’s so sad that some children apparently grow up in houses without books. Books were a vital part of my childhood experience and...
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martindukes
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Why are we losing 'Twice'?
Twice is nice. It’s a perfectly good word that (I think) most people understand and yet it is apparently being replaced in print, the...
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martindukes
- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
Introduction (no it's not a catchy title)
When I was ten I wrote my first book. I still have it in the back of a drawer, ‘The Adventures of George and His Friends’, written in my...
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martindukes
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Dreams and Visions
I was always a dreamy child. At school I was often obliged to sit away from the classroom window, because my attention was usually...
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