Breakfast with the Brits - a Brit-Picking Resource

By popular demand, this month’s Brit-pick theme invites you to break your fast with the Brits. Being a heterogeneous bunch, whose eating patterns are determined by oddities of inclination, class and regional origin, the Brits have an eclectic collection of dining habits. This particular ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary: All about the wonderful, curmudgeonly, generous, wise man that Merlin will miss forever; his long-suffering friend Guy.

Author's notes: Thank you so much lovely readers for joining me on this whimsical time-travel journey. It's so great to finally finish off this story. I hope you have enjoyed it. If you have, ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary: Merlin waits. Has he averted Albion's crisis? And will Arthur still want him after ten years ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary: Finally Merlin and Arthur get it together. But why is Merlin in such a dreadful hurry?

He gulped when Merlin backed him towards the counter and pressed their lips together in a desperate, messy kiss. Merlin wasn’t gentle. Although his lips were soft, his tongue was insistent, probing. Arthur held on to Merlin’s ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary: Can Merlin and Linda save Arthur and Kara?

'"He flinched, baring his teeth, and swerved into the path of an oncoming truck, hastily swinging back again in the nick of time. The truck’s horn blared out accusingly, note changing from major to minor when it thundered past. Arthur laughed with the sheer ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary:Leon rescues Morgan from a garden party. But it seems that her brother is the one who really needs rescuing. With Merrill suffering some sort of breakdown, who can prevent Arthur from self-destruction?

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“My name is Merlin,” he said, his eyes whirling blue-and-gold, voice deep and trembling, laden with despair ( Read more... )

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Chapter Summary: It's Gavin's birthday, and everyone should be happy, but Merrill seems to be upset, and Arthur doesn't know why.

Ten years earlier

Cups and Saucerers tea shop, Cambridge. Monday 3th May 2004 8pm.

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Merlin finds out what is the matter with Guy, who tells him that there are some things that even Merlin can't and shouldn't try to fix. But there's no time to reflect when the Prime Minister pays them a visit.

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Merlin fidgeted and looked away. When he looked back, Guy could see a sudden hope flash across ( Read more... )

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Leon pays Merlin a visit for advice on a tricky personal problem. Meanwhile, Moore is beginning to remember the distant past.
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'Moore knew. He remembered. He had known ever since Emrys had walked into the shop, and bought the premises outright from his mother. He recognised Emrys’ ivory skin, glossy blue- ( Read more... )

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Ten years earlier - and also three weeks later

Cups and Saucerers tea shop, Cambridge. Wednesday 3rd March 2004. Time: 9.15am

Chapter Summary: Gwen has a new boyfriend. Morgan confides in Gwen about her feelings for Moore. Meanwhile, Merrill is worried about something.

'Merrill bustled over and thrust a menu into each of ( Read more... )