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Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

The Relic

Lichfield, Staffordshire. November, 2022

Feb 7, 2023

The Relic

Feb 7, 2023

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

The Importance of Pink

Lichfield, Staffordshire. Spring, 2022

Oct 16, 2022

The Importance of Pink

Oct 16, 2022

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Paper

The friend I’d met for lunch stopped mid-sandwich and frowned across the table. ‘Why are you making that face?’ The answer was what lay…

Apr 10, 2022

Paper

Apr 10, 2022

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

The Eternity Ring

On the threshold of The Treasure Chest, I hesitated; a jewellery shop’s not one to be entered lightly. a bell signalled our arrival and a…

Nov 30, 2021

The Eternity Ring

Nov 30, 2021

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

The Shoe

I was wandering around the town centre when the pavement suddenly seemed much harder, which wasn’t surprising, because my right shoe had…

Aug 22, 2021

The Shoe

Aug 22, 2021

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Teeth

The ship was cruising slowly past the banks of the ancient river. The other diners at our table were joking about the limited wine list —…

May 16, 2021

Teeth

May 16, 2021

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Wallis — a memento

It’s hardly an obsession. She’s only one of several dead women of destiny in my library — the face of five paperbacks, the biographies…

Mar 14, 2021

Wallis — a memento

Mar 14, 2021

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Close to You

The priest advanced towards me, arms open wide, about to plant a kiss on my cheek, his standard welcome for female volunteers at the…

Oct 31, 2020

Oct 31, 2020

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

The Mask

Just as it was getting dark one night, there was a single knock on the front door. A parcel lay on the porch. The person who put it there…

Jul 26, 2020

The Mask

Jul 26, 2020

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Tessa Calvert-Linnell

Once a Londoner, I now live in the Midlands - the heart of England, in a cathedral city. In 2015, I began to write about real life over 70 on pensionista.co.uk

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