One of the first pieces of writing I had published was for a UK magazine whose content was aimed at a not very demanding audience....
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This weekend I found myself engrossed in the movie Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley as GCHQ whistle-blower Katherine Gunn. As well as being a shocking...
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Just over two months have passed since we negotiated the obstacle race of moving from one country to another during a pandemic. For six weeks...
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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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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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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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On a seedy street in London I found a curious place, After following a furtive fellow who'd covered up his face. Its name is Pinocchio's,...
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I never once saw Sandy when he wasn't steamin', out-of-his-skull drunk, weaving anarchically along the pavement between the harbour and the Rowan Bar; our shared...
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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]
