Alan Russell
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When you read my words they may not be perfect but I hope they:
1. Engage you
2. Entertain you
3. At least make you smile (Omar's Diaries) or
4. Think about this crazy world we live in and
5. Never accept anything at face value
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Asparagus
Chichester Cross in Chichester, Sussex, England is an octangular stone building built some time between 1497 and 1503. It marks the centre of where the old street market used to be. The market and its traders have moved to what is now an anonymous open car park apart from one. A man with a mobile stall that can be pulled away by hand when the day’s business is done.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Feast
Omar's Diary—May 24, 2019
This last week has not been the best of weeks here at my official residence, Omar Towers. In the wake of my photograph appearing in The New European, along with a short ‘bio’, I believe that is the correct journalistic term, there have been no requests for me to make any guest appearances. Not even a booking to open a supermarket, or new pet shop. I can only assume as increasing numbers of servants’ shop online nowadays that these events are becoming rarer with every click of the mouse on the ‘basket’ icon.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Petlife
Izzie & Lyrie
This is the first in a series of interviews with riders and their horses. We first met Izzie in May 2018 at the yard where we have our three horses on livery and have watched her work with Lyrie over the last 12 months. During that time we have seen their relationship grow. We have seen waved her off to competitions and seen her come back. Most times these excursions have been successful. On the few that haven't been so successful, Izzie still manages to find something positive from the experience and keeps smiling through it all.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Petlife
Omar's Diary to May 11, 2019
To date I am most disappointed with 10 Downing Street. At the beginning of April, I wrote a personal letter to the Prime Minister expressing two of my current concerns. My main concern is with this process called BREXIT, which seems to be sucking the threads of decency, politeness, and tolerance from the now polarized world of servants living here in Britain.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Petlife
Benney, Bryn, and Rainbow
Arrival and Settling In There is always a moment of slight trepidation when you drop the ramp at the back of the lorry to see how your horse travelled. Are they a frothing wild-eyed beast about to burst through the partitions? Are they still standing? Are they still in one piece?
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Petlife
The British Flat Season Really Kicks Off at Newmarket This Weekend
Barely four weeks since the spectacle of the Grand National at Aintree on 6th April, which marks the culmination of the jumping season, the flat season takes off with undue haste this coming weekend with the blue-ribbon double bill at Newmarket; Guineas weekend.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Petlife
