Why I Love Cookery Books
A great joy - and privilege - in life is deciding you want to cook something new. To learn a new recipe and taste some new flavours. If I have…
Notes From a Small Office (1)
There’s a well-known and well-used phrase that suggests, “Everyone has a book inside them.” And while it may not be necessarily entirely true, everyone should at least try and commit to print…
The Coronavirus Crate
Necessity is the mother of invention and the Coronavirus pandemic is bringing out the inventiveness in all of us. Living in a locked down country with far too much time…
Reading your way through isolation
Sometimes it takes a major event to change our lifestyle or way of thinking and the Coronavirus pandemic has been doing all that and more. It may have locked down…
The Poet Speaks
Ask any writer why they write and the answer is never for money, fame or recognition. It’s for the sheer joy of writing, of expressing themselves, and hopefully having other…
The Camera Never Lies
Why do I love photography? There’s an instant gratification that you don’t get with other mediums, like painting. With painting you can spend days, months, even years perfecting an image…
Thoughts From The River
Rippled by gentle breezes the River Wey’s khaki surface reflects sky, sunlit trees and the green of spring by the far bank. The mating calls of birds add to the…
My Local – The Highgate Bookshop
Highgate Bookshop9 Highgate High Street,Highgate, London,N6 5JRTel: 020 8348 8202 In a small village, nestled at the top of a hill in North London, sits historic Highgate Village known for its…
My Favourite Read: A Long Way from Home by Claude McKay
Claude McKay, a Black Jamaican born writer, is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Caribbean writing in English. In that sense, he is both a member of the…
Notes From A Small Office (2)
So, I laboured over my manuscript for the best part of seven years; me having a full-time job, two growing kids and, oh, a lengthy dalliance with that ol’devil called…