Ewan Lawrie,
@ewanl.bsky.social
Author and sometime poet. Author of The Moffat Trilogy and sundry other entertainments. Poetry Collections 'Last Night I Met John Adcock (2018), 'Abandoned Flowers' (2023) 'The Paper Over The Cracks' (2025)
First non-food/concert blog post for a while ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/3... #'60s #Music #Theydontake'emlikethatanymore
3 Crackers Crackers
These three songs sum up the bonkers brilliance of music of bygone days. One is a Brecht-Weill masterpiece about a gangster. One sounds like the title song from the soundtrack to a loony spaghetti …
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Another "Kind of" Review: #food #restaurant #life #review #Elland ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/a...
Another “Kind of” Review: A Taste of the Mediterranean. Cooper Kitchen & Bar, 23 July 2026.
When I told a friend we were attending ‘A Taste of the Mediterranean’, he said ‘a very salty dish with dubious ingredients, then?’ It was a joke that would be understood onl…
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Another “Kind of” Review; James Taylor and the All Star Band, The Piece Hall, July 16th 2026.
©TY Lawrie Long ago and far away, in a boarding school on the edge of the Galaxy – AKA Northumberland – I first heard vinyl records by James Taylor. I couldn’t work it out, the sa…
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I don't usually do these: writing based on an inspiration point, that is. Anyway the prompt was " 'And the consequence was...' A free hand is given with any prompt in these creative writing exercises. Anyway, I wrote this ... #PoetryAlert #IP www.abctales.com/story/ewan/c...
I think - but don't know - that it must be a bit like this : #poetryalert Approach with caution 'Voices' www.abctales.com/story/ewan/v...
Another "Kind of Review", 9th Jul '26 #Deacon_Blue/Lightning_Seeds @thepiecehall.bsky.social ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/a...
Another “Kind of” Review, Deacon Blue & Lightning Seeds, Friday 10th July 2026
Lightning Seeds on firstWhat an amazing venue for gigs … Ricky Ross had the crowd eating out of his handPhotos ©T Y Lawrie I’ve a confession to make, although Deacon Blue formed part of…
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Another "Kind of" Review, Tapas in the Town #Elland #CooperKitchen #WYorksDining ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/a...
Another “Kind of” Review, Tapas in the Town, Cooper Kitchen, 7th July 2026
As some may know we lived in Southern Spain for some 15+ years, before the vagaries of life deposited us in land-locked Calderdale. Tapas are everywhere, but in the less wealthy parts of Spain, rur…
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Hocus Pocus, the Best of #Focus. Starts off with Hocus Pocus; bat-shit yodelling, metal guitar playing, Hammond organ, some weird-accordion stuff, more flute than Jethro Tull, and drum solos. And it stays weird. That's why I like it.
If you don't go to pubs, you could leave your answer in a comment below ... #WhichbookshallIfinishfirst? (other books available here tinyurl.com/ELAP-AuthorP... )
Eric Marsh's latest part of The Music Box is our pick of the day today. It shows good world building and has an interesting premise. Well done. www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... Do please share. Part 1 is here : www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... if you need to begin at the beginning.
#poetryalert Probably not for everyone/anyone. 'Posted and Packing' Feel free to walk on by. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...
For anyone remotely interested. I have been working on 3 different novels for the past 18 months. More correctly, I should say I have been trying to complete 3 unfinished novels for that period. #booksfromthebottomofthepile #writingnotwriting
#PoetryAlert. Steer well clear, if you don't like doggerel. The Last Human www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
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Another Kind of Review: The Best of Us Tasting Menu, Cooper’s Kitchen. 20 May 2026
Last night’s mission statement. Innovative as ever, the gang at Cooper Kitchen & Bar had polled their many Cooper-fans, encouraging them to vote for the favourite courses from the many ta…
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A cautionary tale. Won't get fooled again. How many times do I play that song? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I recently received some of these purporting to be from highly successful authors: one from "Danielle Steel" and two from "Wendy Holden". These were all, as Jane Gulliford Lowes ...
I recently received some of these purporting to be from highly successful authors: one from "Danielle Steel" and two from "Wendy Holden". These were all, as Jane Gulliford Lowes says her lit. agents...
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#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. #No_robots or #AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
#poetryalert Danger, Danger! Will Robinson. No robots or AI were deployed in the making of this poem. Let's not give up under the onslaught of AI created content. AI can't do what I did on the Kindle shown ... yet. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/go
Arranged to #KDP(ublish) 2nd edition of A Story A Week, now with bespoke cover and two typos corrected. Nothing new inside it, but but it comes thoroughly recommended by Gottwald Schickelgrüber, Prof. Modern Literature @University of Zwickau, (paid him €2) All books here tinyurl.com/bdfwjprf
Have arranged to #KDP(ublish) a second edition of A Story A Week: now has bespoke cover & two typos corrected. Nothing new inside it, but it's been recommended by Gottwald Schickelgrueber, Prof. of Modern Literature, Univ. of Zwickau, (only charged £1) All books available here tinyurl.com/bdfwjprf
#poetryalert 'Slow Down' Stand well clear, if not that way inclined. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/s...
#BooksFromTheBottomOfThePile As some may not be aware. Amazon/KDP pay royalties 6 weeks in arrears. Some might say they mean in "ourarse". I'm planning on a Lamborghini on April 30th! Feel free to order one of my excellent books so I can afford two Lamborghinis ... www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
Today's #POD is Marandina's 'The Expanse'. A fine poem, living up to the title. One might even call it numinous, perhaps. Poetry is the best way to address the ineffable, so that's why this is our pick of the day today. Please share if you like it too. www.abctales.com/story/marand...
#poetryalert Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title. A Handful of Tyrants www.abctales.com/story/ewan/h...
From a collection called "A Story a Week": because that's how I wrote it. In the end it took 53 weeks to write (+ the word-wrestling to make each one make sense + arranging them). Controversial? Not everything is black-and-white - and I hope that comes across. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/j...
Just a Shout Away | ABCtales
Why what Germany does will matter, and why it might not be good... For my own part, I do not accept that sexual assaults on a minority of women are an acceptable consequence of immigration. I am aware...
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Today's Pick of the Day is Lille Dante's pared-down and dense with meaning piece , "End of Beginning". Part of a larger work, it shows real skill. Do please share if you like it too. www.abctales.com/story/lille-...
Blog Post, well, what else would I play today? #DSOTM #PinkFloyd ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/t...
The Dark Side of the Moon
Well, what else would I play today? Interesting though, this is one of their best albums, if not the best. There are instrumentals, which show that Waters’s ego hadn’t quite got the bet…
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The last line of this was indeed a prophecy, because if you've read 'Cafe Corto', 'A Story a Day' or 'Mr Martinez, you'll know that I did. ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/f...
Fast Forward
Fast forward to now. The New Improved Venta Miralmonte has been open for a whole year. Pepe has spent a great deal of money on a place that he is leasing. I hope he sees some return on that. One wo…
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