Thank you everyone for your suggestions and ideas. A common theme running through this is to be more aware of what is happening around me - things observed, heard, said … and record it down. I used this once in the past (sort of) back when we used to have print media - I would scan the newspaper and note any phrases that I thought were interesting.

One idea I’ve just had - based on B.D.’s comment - is to sit down in a busy food court at a local shopping mall and, without being obtrusive, listen and observe to all going on around me and see if ideas or stories emerge. So if you see me post a song in future about ‘what Doris said to Ethel’, you’ll know what’s gone down. smile

Andrew