The Geecologist

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...
Burmese Days

Burmese Days

Dec 27, 2015 | Fiction | 0 comments

‘Ah, doctor,’ said Flory, supine in the long chair, ‘what a joy to be here after that bloody Club. When I come to your house I feel like a Nonconformist minister dodging up to town and going home with a tart. Such a glorious holiday from THEM’ — he motioned with one...
The Secret People

The Secret People

Apr 19, 2009 | Fiction, Poetry | 0 comments

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget, For we are the people of England, that never has spoken yet. There is many a fat farmer that drinks less cheerfully, There is many a free French peasant who is richer and sadder than we. There are no folk in the...