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And here I present the second chapter of The Ballad of The Chocolate Teapot. Tune in again next month for more from this story of sixties excess, rock and roll and diabolical schemes...

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So here it is in it's unchecked, unedited glory. The first chapter of The Ballad of The Chocolate Teapot. Hope you enjoy it.

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The most observant of you may notice that there's a new category in my blog menu - that of The Ballad of The Chocolate Teapot. This is the title of a novel I've been writing for what seems like half my life.

It originally began when I was 16 and was called Underwhirled. Essentially it was a humorous rant based on my atheism, increasingly bewilderment with the work of Tom Clancy and some jokes about nobs.

I actually wrote quite a lot of the book but it hasn't aged well. There was a long gap in my progress, which was then resumed after I graduated from University. When I resumed I added a chapter about a globally successful rock band called The Chocolate Teapot. In doing so I felt I had created some characters much better than the dire novel in which they appeared.

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