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A seasonal reimagining for this week’s Coffee Break Classics. A reminder that change is possible, compassion matters, and it’s never too late to choose a kinder path.

Merry Christmas to all :)

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December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

No grand plan.
No preparation.
Just the decision to keep walking.

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April 28, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This weeks reimagining for Coffee Break Classics. The timeless 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a story that still speaks clearly today as a reminder to hold onto empathy, question prejudice, and look for the good in each other.

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December 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Coffee Break Classics:

The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham

“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”

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February 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde

Surface and self.

Beauty without consequence.

Until the cost appears somewhere else.

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”

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May 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This weeks Coffee Break Classic:

The Old man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway

Reduced to a single line under tension.
Sometimes the simplest things carry the most weight.

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June 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Pausing my sci-fi run with Frankenstein; the first true sci-fi novel and a gothic horror masterpiece. The perfect crossover for a run of horror classics through the Halloween period, classic and modern.

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October 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Martian Chronicles.

One seed.
Infinite possibilities.

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August 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM
This weeks Coffee Break Classic: Cannery Row John Steinbeck

“There are your true philosophers.”
A book full of affection for imperfect people simply trying to get by.

Small lives. Warm hearts.

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May 26, 2026 at 10:48 AM
This week’s Coffee Break Classics is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. One of my all-time favourite books, and a huge influence on me when I first read it in my twenties.
A quiet reminder that quality isn’t an outcome, but a way of seeing, a way of being.

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January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

After a month of shadows, a turn toward warmth.
A friendship built through letters, wit, and a shared love of books, proof that words alone can bridge oceans.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, one of the finest ghost stories ever written. A house alive with fear, a key that should never be turned.

👻 Coffee Break Classics: one object, one story.

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January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Coffee Break Classics:

The Time Machine – H. G. Wells

“We are always getting away from the present moment.”

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January 27, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Childhood’s End: Arthur C. Clarke

Evolution without consent.

Transcendence without nostalgia.

Humanity standing at the edge of something vast.

“The stars are not for man.”

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April 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey

Not all cages look like cages.

“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”

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March 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
The Haunting of Hill House: Shirley Jackson

A house that listens.

A presence that waits.

Some places don’t let go.

“Whatever walked there, walked alone.”

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April 21, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Coffee Break Classics: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Barcoded dog tags; identity reduced to inventory.
A cold, sharp story of time, loss, and disconnection.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Coffee Break Classic: Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke
A toy rocket; playful, nostalgic, already obsolete.
This one left me with a strange mix of awe, melancholy, and inevitability.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Shining: Stephen King

Isolation. Echo. Fracture.

A place that amplifies what’s already there.

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

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May 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The Bell Jar.

A transparent prison.

Close enough to the world to see it.
Too far away to touch it.

"I am, I am, I am."

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July 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury

Childhood meets something older, darker, patient.

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”

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April 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
🔶 Coffee Break Classics: Fear and Loathing 🔶
Aviators. Desert sun. Bad vibes and worse decisions.
A minimalist coaster tribute to Thompson’s hallucinated road trip.
Less cover, more flashback.
☕️🌀
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May 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes: a carnival of fear, childhood, and temptation. The carousel horse, stripped back to its shape, still heavy with dread.
🍂 Another Coffee Break Classic.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Dracula (1897) isn’t just fangs and folklore. Told through journals and letters, it made vampires feel chillingly real. A quill and ink? Gothic minimalism.
🦇 Another Coffee Break Classic.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

Innocence, corrupted.

The horror isn’t just what happens, it’s the normalisation of it.

“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”

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March 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM