Archive - Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

February 2025

Collected stories: The Soviet Union

Culture through fiction

Feb 27 •

Letter to Rebecca #25-03

Trigger warning: some parts of this letter are serious.

Feb 26 •

Behind the Disk Jockey version

The hardest part was a graphic

Feb 23 •

Collected stories

culture through fiction

Feb 21 •

Literary musings

Trigger happy warning: this article contains at least one mild expletive, and given the mood I'm in may well contain a few more by the time I've…

Feb 20 •

The Skinhead Macbeth

An attempt to make the play more accessible

Feb 7 •

Me and Mrs Jones

A great piece of flash fiction

Feb 6 •

Start the week #90

Better late than never I hope!

Feb 4 •

Experiments in style: New Journalism

Can you spot any particular influences?

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Letter to Rebecca #25-02

Special stream of consciousness edition, ie no headings.

Jan 29 •

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