19 December, 2023 in From the author's desk
From the author’s desk … I was recently invited to Morland Road Library, and very much enjoyed giving a talk about writing and self-publishing. I would like to thank everyone…
7 November, 2023 in From the author's desk
The Jewish community in Bath prepares for the festival of Hanukkah in two weeks time, as it did all those years ago. Scrubbed and brushed, Yann sat between…
17 October, 2023 in From the author's desk
The politics of 1946… Marmaduke, the third Earl Lundy tapped his wine glass lightly with his spoon and the room dutifully hushed. “It now gives me great pleasure…
15 August, 2023 in From the author's desk
The day the world changed forever, 10th August 1945. …After that Sebastian studiously avoided discussing Ruth’s personal life, but the subject of Yann came up by chance one evening. They…
18 July, 2023 in From the author's desk
Eighty years ago, a vision of things to come? …Bradshaw gazed appreciatively at it before he spoke. “I must stress that this map is highly confidential, and because…
15 June, 2023 in From the author's desk
September 1944 and an important meeting in Bath. ‘Professor Stanley Frith, an expert from the Urban Town Planning Faculty at a leading university and engaged at a cost of many…
9 May, 2023 in From the author's desk
MAY 2023 From the author’s desk … This morning my thoughts wandered back over 80 years to 1942, as I drove past Rainbow Wood – a magical woodland situated about…
1 April, 2023 in From the author's desk
In answer to the often asked enquiry, I am happy to tell you that ‘Joy and Sorrow Unmasked – a story of Bath’, the third novel in The Westcott Chronicles,…