Years ago, after watching A DVD of the cult movie Donnie Darko, Andy and I and a couple of friends spent hours discussing what it...
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There was a moment, a long moment lasting a few days just before Christmas, where I asked myself why I was bothering writing fiction. From...
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Places inspire us. That inspiration forms the basis of travel writing, or it did when writers such as William Dalrymple had me vicariously following him...
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All the world is a pantomime. At least that’s how it feels just about every time I dip into social media. Aha! If you don’t...
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‘What’s that doing there? It’s disgusting. I’d never eat one of those.’ The man in the queue in the café pointed at a vegan pasty,...
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It’s the time of year when I get the urge to breathe new life into our The Real Tenerife website. This feeling is prompted annually...
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Margo runs her hands down the back of the tweed skirt, smoothing it as she lowers herself onto the plastic seat. She looks around her,...
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It’s a question I asked myself after reading Asako Yuzuki’s much lauded novel, Butter. Most of the men featured are quite pathetic, barely able to...
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Some years ago, when GIFs were still wandering the wilderness looking for a purpose in life and emoji emotions insufficient for satisfying my needs, I...
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Reading Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, I was completely transported by the prose. I was whisked away to join John Grady and Lacey Rawlins...
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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
A fast-moving travelogue about life in off the beaten track areas of Portugal - [Find Out More]
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]
