Oliver Whitcombe had always been the jewel of the Whitcombe dynasty. From his earliest days, he basked in the pride of his affluent parents, pillars of...
The Man Who Planted Trees to Breathe Again When he was diagnosed with COPD, Peter Dawson was 58 and had smoked since he was 14. For...
A wedding night ought to be the most blissful moment in a womans life. There I sat at the dressing table, my lipstick still untouched, listening...
STARS SHOES Star was eleven years old and walked barefoot through the cobbled streets of Canterbury, a place where the timber-framed houses nestled against the rolling...
**The Song That Never Played on the Radio** The first time Matilda stepped through the door of the community radio station, she carried a tattered backpack,...
The Bank of the Man No One Noticed Each morning, as the first rays of sunlight brushed the rooftops of London, Thomas rose from his modest...
In a cosy little café tucked away on Burton Street, nestled between old red-brick buildings and narrow alleyways, there was barely room for more than a...
**THE SILENT STRUGGLE** Eleanor lingered by the sitting room window, cradling a cup of tea gone cold, watching the dusk paint the sky in hues of...
**London, 1971.** The city stirred beneath a veil of morning mist, grey and heavy. The streets still glistened from last nights rain, and the gas lamps...
London, winter of 1991. The city woke to a biting cold that seeped right into the bones. Frost-covered buildings reflected the dull morning light, while snow...
“Leave her here, let her die!” they muttered, dumping the old woman into the snow. The fools didnt realise the...
“Leave her here, let her die!” they muttered, dumping the old woman into the snowdrift. The fools didnt realise the...
A Wealthy Lady Visits Her Sons Grave and Finds a Weary Waitress Holding a Baby What She Learned Changed Everything...
A year had gone by since her only son, James, passed away. The funeral had been small, but Eleanors grief...
Spotting the dog lying by the bench, she rushed over. Her gaze fell on the leash carelessly left behind by...
Spotting the dog lying by the bench, she rushed over. Her gaze fell on the leash, carelessly left behind by...
My mother and sister saw me as nothing more than a walking walletthey never bothered to care about who I...
Long ago, in a small town near Manchester, I was raised in a house that never truly felt like a...
Nineteen years later, my mother reappearednow she wants money and a roof over her head. I was ten years old...
**Diary Entry 12th March** Its been nineteen years, and now shes backasking for money, a place to stay. I was...