“MASKS! GET OUT!” The words were a violent shock-wave that blasted us two steps backwards, right out the door of the off-license and into the...
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I hand over the documents. My mouth is dry; the palms of my hand hot and damp. The officer scans the paperwork – once, twice,...
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“So Robbie, what have you come up with?” The suit settled back in his soft leather chair and folded his arms. “Ah think ye'll enjoy...
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Starting with a title like that is just asking people to take free potshots at me. But it's true, I can't write; not at the...
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I wanted to read and yet didn't want to read Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. Set in Glasgow in the...
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“I'm on the lookout for thieves,” the woman patrolling the cork forest next to our house told us. I hadn't thought of the area where...
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Only one black family lived on the Scottish island where I grew up. Everyone knew and referred to the matriarch of the family as Jenny...
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A Duo of Ditties The Vegetarian's Diet Plan Hummus for lunch, falafel for dinner, An explosive chickpea combo, That’s bound to make me thinner. Just...
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The sheep have been sent out to work. Not a lot has happened in our part of Portugal since the last entry. Spring has popped...
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Guachinche. There's a word for you. It's a lovely word which slips off the tongue like a child down a slide … when you know...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks
A tale of mystery & magic from the Canary Islands. available to buy on Amazon here
Camel Spit & Cork Trees
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The Real Tenerife
An insider's guide to Tenerife written with insight and passion by travel writers who, for 14 years, lived on the island ... [Find Out More]
Walk This Way Tenerife
The best of Tenerife’s walking routes written by travel writers specialising in Tenerife & the Canary Islands... [Find Out More]
