Archive for September, 2012
John Terry – let’s hear some real cursing
Posted: 28 September 2012 in Poems, Understanding OthersTags: Poetry
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Eating Twenty Years of “Porridge”
Posted: 20 September 2012 in Prisons, Understanding OthersTags: prisons
Twenty years of porridge? Year in year out, day in day out. Fancy it? Well?? When I go into prison, I want to understand the experience. Recently I spent two days in a lifers prison. I came, I saw, I tate. Two days of it was … interesting.
Porridge it wasn’t, strictly speaking. I and my fellow travellers were offered a choice of six items for lunch, and a different six for evening meal, including vegan and halal. Sounded wonderful. But the reality was that the warm food was somehow high on carbs and probably fat, and short on flavour and texture. And samey.