It is rapidly approaching the seventh anniversary of leaving Tenerife, the sub-tropical island which had been our home for 14…
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One of my brothers lives off-grid. And when I say ‘off-grid’, I mean he lives as if the world had…
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I t strikes me that writing a novel is a bit like designing a kitchen. Designing a kitchen J ack…
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M emphis by Tara M. Stringfellow is a glorious homage to the strength, beauty, and power of black women. Told…
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At the beginning of last week, I attended a Speed Awareness Course, having been, ahem, invited to do so by…
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Over the twixmas period I inadvertently found myself hitting the writing refresh button and returning to my current work-in-progress. I…
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Recently, there have been a couple of TV adaptations of favourite books and, although both were very enjoyable, there was…
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Browsing the displays in Waterstones a few weeks ago, Jack read out the opening paragraph of The Heart’s Invisible Furies:…
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I don’t know when I first concluded that life should be an adventure, but it seems to have driven mine…
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How influential writing can really be is the enormous question that, from time to time, makes me stop and think.…
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