Sir Henry's Substack

The Great Estate: Art Attack!

We return to Upcock Manor, in tribute to Mark Wakeman

Apr 23 • 

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Submit to our Glorious Publication Now, You Useless Loser Writer, You!!!!!

Annoying invitations to submit work to fly-by-night publications for rejection precisely five minutes later!

Apr 23 • 

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Teaching and Loathing

Mental Health in a culture of hair shirt-wearing constant appraisal

Apr 18 • 

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March 2025

It is Not About the Money

And I am tired of you telling me that must be my motivation

Mar 17 • 

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Martin Lets Us Know He Will No Longer Be Taking Any Nonsense From Slackers Like Martin

A lesson in teacher training

Mar 5 • 

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Are You Having Any Fun?

The writer wasn't, certainly... A sit-com script. Yes, another one. This was intended to be a pilot.

Mar 3 • 

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February 2025

This Is Not Quiet Quitting — This Is Furious Quitting

Beware the quiet ones

Feb 12 • 

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January 2025

Things Used to Work

Even if the tapes were chewed or scratched, they used to play, and I used to understand how the machines worked. As, perhaps, did we all

Jan 16 • 

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Free of Christmas

This was the Friday Malcolm got to put Christmas away for another year

Jan 5 • 

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December 2024

Give Yourself 1 Point For Each Thing You’ve Done (whether or not you wanted to do it in the first place…)

It's that time of year again - making people feel small for what they haven't accomplished, shaming them for what they have, & influencing their…

Dec 31, 2024 • 

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The Price of Beans Chapter 10

The story continues...

Dec 30, 2024 • 

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The Great Estate Christmas Special 2024

Snow Ho Ho

Dec 25, 2024 • 

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