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The PROMPT.
Him: “Did you finish reading it?” Her: “I read it three times.” Him: “And?” Her: “It is a trap.” Him: “That is the point.”
By Test23 days ago in Fiction
Nobody Is Coming To Save You.
PUBLIC NOTICE. Subject: Nobody is coming to save you. (Blood Money.) This notice is issued for public awareness and immediate observance.
By Test24 days ago in Poets
Moving South.
The British Heart Foundation van arrived just after nine, its engine low and steady on the quiet street. She had left the sofa, the chair she never liked, the fridge, the kettle, and the television on the driveway. The workers lifted each item carefully into the back of the van. She watched them in silence, each familiar object disappearing into a white cube of a van. By the time it drove away, the flat felt empty, almost unreal, but lighter.
By Test24 days ago in Fiction
Night Sweat.
Cold sends me to sleep. Duvet traps a small sun here. Sweat wakes me from cold.
By Test25 days ago in Poets
Life Lessons from the Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul Boxing Match 2025.
Some fights are loud. Others are quietly educational. The Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul boxing match gave us both. Beyond the punches and the knockout, it offered clear life lessons about the mind, patience, and knowing who you are when pressure is high.
By Testabout a month ago in Unbalanced
Britain At A Crossroads.
British politics feels restless. Every week brings a new controversy, a new face, a new flash of attention. In the middle of all this noise, it can be hard to see what really matters. But sometimes a single moment cuts through and reveals something deeper about where a country may be heading.
By Testabout a month ago in The Swamp
Adult vulnerability in a society built for proof, not prevention.
There is a particular kind of fear that does not announce itself with chaos. It does not shout. It does not arrive with sirens or visible damage. It arrives quietly, often in adults who are functional, articulate, and accustomed to managing themselves. They continue to work, to speak politely, to follow instructions. And yet something has shifted. Safety no longer feels assumed. The world tilts just enough to make rest impossible.
By Testabout a month ago in The Swamp
The BBC Lawsuit That Broke My TV Habit.
In the swirl of news cycles that come and go like gusts through the swamp of modern media, this week’s legal salvo from Donald J. Trump at the BBC stands out as an unexpected compass. What makes this story so striking is not merely the headline figure of ten billion dollars but the deeper confrontation it embodies between truth and narrative, between accountability and sloppy journalism. I am thrilled to have canceled my TV licence because of it and want to explore why this matters far beyond this lawsuit itself (AP News).
By Testabout a month ago in The Swamp
"Wizard" by Marc Seifer.
Marc Seifer’s Wizard is not merely a biography of an inventor. It is a psychological portrait of a man shaped early by loss, illness, and an uneasy relationship with the human world he longed to improve. From its opening pages, the book announces that Tesla’s genius cannot be separated from his suffering. The prose invites the reader inward, not toward machines and patents first, but toward memory, grief, and the private storms that formed his character.
By Testabout a month ago in History
Tommy Robinson and the Spirit of Christmas.
There are figures in public life who become symbols rather than people. Their names turn into shorthand, their stories flattened into slogans, their humanity edited out. Tommy Robinson is one of those figures. For many he exists only as a headline or a warning. For others he represents something raw and unresolved in modern Britain. I write from the second camp, not out of blind loyalty but from a deliberate choice to look beyond the caricature.
By Testabout a month ago in The Swamp
Review Firework Rules to Protect Animals from Injury and Distress.
Every year, when fireworks light up the night sky, millions of animals endure more than just bright colours and loud bangs. For many pets, livestock and wildlife the experience is pure terror. This gripping moment of noise and chaos can translate into ongoing fear, injury and stress in vulnerable animals. This petition aims to change that by urging the Office for Product Safety and Standards to review firework regulations to safeguard the wellbeing of animals across the United Kingdom.
By Testabout a month ago in Petlife
A Thought About Thinking.
I have been lingering on a single word lately. Vacillating. It describes a mind in motion without arrival. Thought rocking back and forth, clever, cautious, busy, yet oddly stalled. Not foolishness. Not weakness. Just the strange human habit of circling clarity instead of stepping into it.
By Testabout a month ago in Writers