It’s picking at a scab, I know. But when more Google Alerts popped up with articles related to the ‘outrage’ at locals on Tenerife protesting...
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To begin writing, I have to get my head into the zone. It doesn’t matter whether it’s fiction or travel writing, I need to tune...
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The car is right up my backside. I’m doing 30mph in a 30mph zone, yet I’ve watched the car gaining steadily on me for the...
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A Petisco of Poems Churned Love T’was on such a day, In an unseasonably hot May, That my favourite butter ran away. Now I’m with...
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In writing terms, an unreliable narrator is an untrustworthy character who tends to mislead. They withhold information, lie, and misrepresent the truth, usually in order...
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I’ve been many places where there’s been graffiti with a message which is a variation of ‘Tourists go home,’ or ‘Tourits go home’ as I’ve...
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Tenerife is so much better than snobs make out – so started a travel article in a UK tabloid. As I read it, I wondered...
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We’re almost British again, almost but not quite, not really. When you live abroad you get to keep your British passport but, in a way...
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Can you tell the difference between reality and fiction? Reality comes from the Latin, realis – related to things. Fiction comes from the Latin word...
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One of the things I regret about my photography is not uploading more images to stock photography sites. In my defence, I didn’t have much...
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