Room 2D

The second part of this original story by Culver. Last week we read of Alice Redway’s suffering at the hands of Reverend Crowley and Mr Sedgewick. Now her friend Pippa East is in the firing line… During his telling of the torrid tale of the tutoring of Alice, Sedgewick grew as animated as it’s possible for a chap to get over a quiet drink in the village pub. His fellow chorister and drinking partner, Thorndyke, listened intently to every detail, imagining events vividly. Yes, he reflected, it was good to know that Alice Redway, that sullen little vixen, had at last been getting what had been coming to her. Much as he was enthralled by Sedgewick’s narrative, Thorndyke was bursting with impatience to recount a recent experience of his own, the story of how he’d got his hands on ‘Miss Goody Two Shoes’ Pippa East. He gestured towards Sedgewick’s nearly empty glass. ‘It’s my round,’ he said, and headed to the bar. The choirmaster at St Mark’s, Edwin Phipps, likes to treat himself to numero...

Taking a rest from collages, Culver has turned his hand to prose, inspired by the drawings and comments in the Reverend White series by Darcy . In two parts — the second to follow next week. We might reasonably assume that morning and evening services in an Anglican church in a rural village on a typical sleepy Sunday wouldn’t provide much by way of excitement for gentlemen of the choir. Yet seating arrangements in the choir stalls at St Mark’s should give us pause for thought — along with certain other considerations. It so happens that adult male choristers are seated directly opposite the soprano stalls. And the front row of the soprano stalls is exclusively occupied by girl choristers in their late teens, a number of whom are provocatively attractive. Every Sunday the ringing of the church bell summons choir and congregation to Matins, Holy Communion and Evensong. And if you’re a middle-aged male chorister, that doleful sound will likely put a spring in your step: it’s time to og...

Here’s a Culver piece from the archives based on the classic Blushes story The Price!

Culver’s tribute to Coronation Street and specifically the Barlow family. More storylines like this would fix their flaccid ratings… Tracy always had been a troublemaker. Now in her late teens, she really should have grown out of her audacious habit of snatching her stepfather’s uncle’s cloth cap and wearing it rakishly around the house as if it were a fashionable beret. Urged by uncle to take a firmer line with the saucy young minx, Tracy’s stepfather finally developed some backbone. It was time to do the necessary and put a stop to the girl’s silly nonsense. Indeed, ‘the necessary’ was long overdue. Thus, one evening, a newly resolute head of the household emptied his refrigerator of all wet lettuce, binned his copy of the Guardian and set about teaching the startled Tracy what was what — while his uncle looked on unctuously from his favourite armchair. Ignoring the girl’s tremendous fuss, her inevitable squeals of protest, stepdad go...

Poor Shabby has been rumbled by her Big Brother housemates…

Poor Julie has fallen into the hands of a triumvirate of Red Stripe dommes — Miss Parker, Miss Chambers and Miss Brown. Culver bears witness to the results…

Two "Thursday specials" today. First up this one. Further majorette inspiration for Culver, with a piece representing a daydream of Mr Reed after he's enjoyed a pleasant afternoon at the village fete. Here’s an earlier draft, entitled Practice, before the addition of Babs to the ensemble cast.

Culver has turned his eye on majorettes…

Culver declares war on Modern Miss…

Disapproving of the jovial air of the headmaster at the Finishing School , Culver has put the institution into Special Measures…

Poor Rachael/Michelle/MissDixon has been referred by Culver to a Blushes gentleman for further correction.

Culver has taken inspiration from the lovely model in Games in a Playsuit for his latest collage piece. The pictures used come from the classic story The Price, which I will be posting later in the year.

Culver has taken inspiration for this piece from Louise Wilshire’s appearance in The Balloon Game and Cambridge Blues .

Another Darcy companion piece from Culver, taking inspiration from Visiting Grandpa .

This week Culver has been inspired by Darcy’s School Caretakers …

Culver has been inspired by Darcy’s Sheds and Their Uses …

A recycled oldie from Culver featuring yours truly and a pupil at the 6 th Form College .

A warm welcome to Culver and his collage art, who has been inspired by the punishment of the delightful pouting Susie Palmer to imagine a similar treatment being meted out to another precocious American brat.