Breakfast time
and other stories
Published on 1. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-8383404-6-9 (ISBN)
Description
Peter Dawson's books of short stories are always a treasure trove of delight and enjoyment, and this one gives us more stories about the world around us. Told with humour and that little bit of whimsy, but also, in the way of al great story tellers, they make us think a little more and question a little more those everyday things that go on around us.
In this, the fourth collection produced for me by Scotforth Books, as was the first nearly ten years ago, the stories range far and wide across human experience. Some of them owe something to actual events, some are pure invention. 'Once Upon a Time' is the most extreme example of the latter as its climax involves a rocket carrying passengers to Mars.
Peter Dawson's books of short stories are always a treasure trove of delight and enjoyment, and this one gives us more stories about the world around us. Told with humour and that little bit of whimsy, but also, in the way of al great story tellers, they make us think a little more and question a little more those everyday things that go on around us.
In this, the fourth collection produced for me by Scotforth Books, as was the first nearly ten years ago, the stories range far and wide across human experience. Some of them owe something to actual events, some are pure invention. 'Once Upon a Time' is the most extreme example of the latter as its climax involves a rocket carrying passengers to Mars.
In this, the fourth collection produced for me by Scotforth Books, as was the first nearly ten years ago, the stories range far and wide across human experience. Some of them owe something to actual events, some are pure invention. 'Once Upon a Time' is the most extreme example of the latter as its climax involves a rocket carrying passengers to Mars.
Peter Dawson's books of short stories are always a treasure trove of delight and enjoyment, and this one gives us more stories about the world around us. Told with humour and that little bit of whimsy, but also, in the way of al great story tellers, they make us think a little more and question a little more those everyday things that go on around us.
In this, the fourth collection produced for me by Scotforth Books, as was the first nearly ten years ago, the stories range far and wide across human experience. Some of them owe something to actual events, some are pure invention. 'Once Upon a Time' is the most extreme example of the latter as its climax involves a rocket carrying passengers to Mars.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lancaster
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Illustrations
No illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-8383404-6-9 (9781838340469)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
A graduate of the LSE, a career in teaching reached its climax with ten years as headmaster of an Inner London comprehensive school for two thousand boys and girls. His account of that, published in 1981 by Basil Blackwell of Oxford with the title Making a Comprehensive Work, became a bestseller and compulsory reading for teachers in training.
Peter Dawson has been the leader of a teachers' union, an Ofsted inspector, a UK delegate to the EC in Brussels when we still belonged to it and a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He is an OBE and an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church. In retirement, he enjoys a quieter life writing short stories. He is a husband, father and grandfather and a sponsor of the Family Education Trust which promotes traditional family values.
A graduate of the LSE, a career in teaching reached its climax with ten years as headmaster of an Inner London comprehensive school for two thousand boys and girls. His account of that, published in 1981 by Basil Blackwell of Oxford with the title Making a Comprehensive Work, became a bestseller and compulsory reading for teachers in training.
Peter Dawson has been the leader of a teachers' union, an Ofsted inspector, a UK delegate to the EC in Brussels when we still belonged to it and a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He is an OBE and an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church. In retirement, he enjoys a quieter life writing short stories. He is a husband, father and grandfather and a sponsor of the Family Education Trust which promotes traditional family values.
Peter Dawson has been the leader of a teachers' union, an Ofsted inspector, a UK delegate to the EC in Brussels when we still belonged to it and a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He is an OBE and an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church. In retirement, he enjoys a quieter life writing short stories. He is a husband, father and grandfather and a sponsor of the Family Education Trust which promotes traditional family values.
A graduate of the LSE, a career in teaching reached its climax with ten years as headmaster of an Inner London comprehensive school for two thousand boys and girls. His account of that, published in 1981 by Basil Blackwell of Oxford with the title Making a Comprehensive Work, became a bestseller and compulsory reading for teachers in training.
Peter Dawson has been the leader of a teachers' union, an Ofsted inspector, a UK delegate to the EC in Brussels when we still belonged to it and a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He is an OBE and an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church. In retirement, he enjoys a quieter life writing short stories. He is a husband, father and grandfather and a sponsor of the Family Education Trust which promotes traditional family values.
Content
About the Author vii
Breakfast Time 1
The Trouble with Men 13
A Dog's Life 21
The Greatest Monarch in our History 27
What People Believe 31
A Face in the Sand 37
A Perfect Match 47
You Can Bet Your Life On It 53
G'Day Mr Cushnie 63
Glad to Give Up a Life of Crime 71
The Dogs Decide on Revolution 79
In Hospital 83
Headlines 91
Crisis at Christmas 99
Breakfast Time 1
The Trouble with Men 13
A Dog's Life 21
The Greatest Monarch in our History 27
What People Believe 31
A Face in the Sand 37
A Perfect Match 47
You Can Bet Your Life On It 53
G'Day Mr Cushnie 63
Glad to Give Up a Life of Crime 71
The Dogs Decide on Revolution 79
In Hospital 83
Headlines 91
Crisis at Christmas 99