Why write it? What makes it different from any other travelogue about life in another country? These are the sort of questions I beat myself...
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A travel writing commission from a UK newspaper dropped into Andy's inbox last week. After considering it, she sent a 'thanks, but no thanks' reply....
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I hadn’t heard the term creative nonfiction until I wrote Camel Spit & Cork Trees, an account of a year of Slow Travel through Portugal....
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”I'm weary, more faded than my fatigues. Day after day I pointlessly pound these seedy social media streets in search of the truth. It is...
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Water is life, water is death Water gives and it takes away Water is our friend, water is our enemy Water brings growth, and wreaks...
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The rest of you are right wing, came the barrage, As they sided with Trump, Johnson and Farage. Down with the establishment, liberals, and elite,...
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What is it about Stephen King books? Forty years ago I (stupidly) chose to read The Shining whilst working as a night porter in a...
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