The Oldie

Barbecue from Hell

Jem Clarke is in his very, very early fifties, is five foot zero inches tall and has never left the family home in Cleethorpes, which he shares with his parents…

I have enough trouble with my selfesteem without my doctor fat-shaming my individual organs.

I have also been spending more time in the company of the local brassy bar-flirt, Ramona.

My mother is indifferent about my

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