Heroes and monsters
Two reports from different Harvard University research teams hit the press on the same day: one on top professional athletes, almost half of whom have confessed (anonymously) to taking banned drugs or performance-enhancing methods, Read More …
July 2017 offer only!
For July 2017 only, this first-person account of execution survivor Romell Broom is available as an e-book at a 75% discount on normal price. You are welcome to take this opportunity to hear Romell’s story Read More …
To Autumn (with apologies to John Keats)
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of autumn fashion shows Conspiring with avid retailers To load and bless their weary coffers Depleted by the sleepy August trade. Who hath not spied the Read More …
What’s-sarong with beach cover-ups?
Bikini-burkini? Among the many people who cringed at media photos of French police forcing some poor woman to strip off her full body-cover burkini on the beach were a few older ones who remembered the Read More …
Growing old gracefully
My granny believed in growing old gracefully. Her hair was a naturally silvery colour that caught the light. Age had given her more chins than most people I knew, and the back of her hands Read More …
The grammar of “Sorry”
Grammar rules! Some tricky examples of grammar trip-ups are: Bored with (not bored of) Different from (not different than) Jump off a log (not jump off of ….) But when it comes to the grammar of Read More …
The Healing Place – NEW novel!
New Novel It’s always an exciting time when the editing, checking, e-book technology crunching etc is finally done and the new story is launched – a bit like giving birth. Of course, I always hope Read More …
Animal magnetism
Our cats quite easily learned to use their new cat flap in the kitchen door. The problem was … so did all the neighbourhood cats, who came in to clear the food bowl, to chase Read More …
Gardening keeps you sane!
Yes! It’s official. The experts have pronounced that gardening is beneficial to emotional wellbeing and mental health. Gardening experts So I thought I would ask the views of some real experts – on the Flourish Read More …
Heroes
What makes a hero? The subject of a short story competition run by Writers’ Forum for the 2016 Purbeck Literary Festival was just that: Heroes. The recovering hero For my entry I decided to write, not about Read More …