June 2026 From the author’s desk…
2 June, 2026 in From the author's desk
IN GREAT PULTENEY STREET, BATH… The power was off when he entered the house, and he had to feel his way along the pitch-black hallway into the ground floor dining…
2 June, 2026 in From the author's desk
IN GREAT PULTENEY STREET, BATH… The power was off when he entered the house, and he had to feel his way along the pitch-black hallway into the ground floor dining…
7 May, 2026 in From the author's desk
THE CELEBRATION AT RAPHAELS… The stylish restaurant with its dark polished floors, wooden furniture and soft candlelight was noisy, atmospheric and itself pure theatre, into which they made an entrance….
2 April, 2026 in From the author's desk
‘THE NATURE OF THE ACTING PROFESSION…’ The telephone at Marcus’s elbow began to ring and he picked it up. ‘What a pleasant surprise, we were just talking about you, and…
5 March, 2026 in From the author's desk
‘PROPERTY AUCTIONS…’ Ian had hired the Pump Room for the three day auction sale of the six hundred or so lots, which formed much of the Lundy Estate in the…
5 February, 2026 in From the author's desk
FIRST DATES… ‘Fish and chips?’ Surely that must be within budget. ‘Sorry, can’t afford it.’ She started to step around him. ‘No more than a shilling each, I promise.’ He…
6 January, 2026 in From the author's desk
WINTER PASTIMES… Over the following three months Ian’s numerous telephone calls were never returned by Fiona. Finally, he cornered her after everyone had left the office. Angrily, she brushed off…
2 December, 2025 in From the author's desk
‘ABOVE ONE’S STATION?… Feeling very much an outsider, he had tried to avoid the Christmas party at the Lundy Estate Office. Miss Symons – they were not even on first…
4 November, 2025 in From the author's desk
THE CLUB Ian was too excited to concentrate any longer. He closed the book and looked at his watch, 9.30 pm. Redman’s Landlord and Tenant could wait. Only another half…