Introduction

The short stories and short plays that follow are intended to be of interest on subjects based on newsworthy items of recent years. Some of them readers may recognise! if not, maybe especially those derived from Chaucer and/or the Bible.

The entry “Keeping Fit” not only contains this article but also 13 other articles or short stories. Their titles are: A degree at fifty-three; A modern Rumpelstiltskin; A political scandal; A question of convenience; Report from Rodchrevo; The countess and I; A case for a coroner; Arm wrestling contest; An unusual graduation ceremony; Meeting in the Foyer; essay on MBO; Manners maketh man; article on conscription.