My highlights of autumn, 2019

My highlights of autumn, 2019

While there’s always a sense of excitement at the start of a new year, at the same time, there’s a tendency towards nostalgia for the year that’s just passed. I decided that in my first blog of 2020, I’d indulge my nostalgia and look back at...
TRUMP TOWER! Blame this blog on a writer’s curiosity.

TRUMP TOWER! Blame this blog on a writer’s curiosity.

A writer without any curiosity is like a lock without a key. Our curiosity about the world around us, about the people we encounter, both those we know and those we don’t, about what might simmer beneath the surface of what we’re told, of what we read, of what we can...
Everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t I?

Everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t I?

Everyone else is doing it, I thought, so why shouldn’t I? By ‘everyone’, I mean the TV and newspapers. They’re now full of highlights from 2016, and as I’ve enjoyed watching/reading them, I’ve decided to do the same myself....

Meet Chris Hill.

One of the most enjoyable things about this year’s Chipping Norton Literary Festival was meeting author Chris Hill and having a most enjoyable conversation with him.  I thought that you, too, would enjoy meeting Chris, so here goes …   First of all,...