The Geecologist

Departure[s]

Departure[s]

Oct 3, 2026 | Fiction | 0 comments

The other day, I discovered an alarming possibility. No, worse: an alarming fact. I have an old friend, a consultant radiologist, who for years has been sending me clippings from the British Medical Journal. She knows that my interest tends towards the ghoulish and...
Brit(ish)

Brit(ish)

Jul 25, 2020 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

I realised that I had what Sam did not. Even when it’s quite clear that people around me are conscious that I’m different, because of how I look, I know exactly how to reassure them. I’ve been conditioned in the art of English manners, politeness, harmless banter and...
Time Keeping Time

Time Keeping Time

Sep 22, 2006 | Fiction, My Lies | 0 comments

In advertising terms, I would always be classed as the ‘before’ rather than ‘after’, whether before cosmetic surgery, low-fat biscuits or psychotherapy. Strangely I often felt somehow more than the after though… In hindsight I think this...