Just another lonely cliff plunge
The BBC recently serialised NW by the very talented Sadie Smith, and I was interested to read that she can’t bear to keep copies of some...
Are writers insane?
On a dreary November evening in 2014, I put on a curly orange wig, a hideous 1970’s shirt, matching medallion and I strangled a Dutch...
Adam and Eva - continuing my yarn for a sluggish train (Part Four: ‘The Pendle Witch Test’)
When his wife, Mandy, proposed that Adam should take her to the notorious Pendle Hill in Lancashire, a crafty idea popped into Adam’s...
An author's shame
The author’s head might be stuck inside a bubble of creative riches, yet the harsh fact is that very few of us make anywhere near the...
