Drama! or, The Creation of Ghosts.
I attended several secondary schools and embracing the supernatural seemed to be high on everyone’s agenda. I was in the Drama Group at one school, and we were performing … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around the North East Coast (Part Three)
David Bowie 2 I own most of Bowie’s work in one format or another (often multiple formats) and was delighted that on reaching the Whitby, the Tesco superstore had a … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around The North East Coast (Part Two)
Ravenscar – A Brief History 1 It is the fifth century. The Roman Empire is in catastrophic decline and the last of the legions stationed at Peak Fort pack up … Continue reading
Firefrost and Fundindelve – Travels Around Alderley Edge (Part Two)
iii -The Wild Magic Alderley Edge, or at least my Alderley Edge, exists only in my mind and there is now little correlation between the reality and fantasy Edges. Perhaps … Continue reading
Firefrost and Fundindelve – Travels around Alderley Edge (Part One)
i. Firefrost and Fundindelve The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Alan Garner’s 1960 novel has had me entirely in thrall for almost 50 years. It is a timeless tale of good versus … Continue reading
A Psalm of Stone – Travels around Avebury (Part Two)
7 The lack of stones, the absence of carvings made Avebury feel somehow ‘less’. Not being able to see the sites that thrilled me as a child was a deep … Continue reading
A Psalm of Stone – Travels Around Avebury (Part One)
1 In 1977, ITV first broadcast a children’s TV drama – produced by HTV – called ‘Children of the Stones.’ Set in the Neolithic village of ‘Milbury,’ it told a … Continue reading
Ardnamurchan
i -1968 When I was four years old, we went on holiday with to the exotic sounding Ardnamurchan Point on the west coast of Scotland. I remember leaving home in the … Continue reading
More Published Work
I’m thrilled to announce that The London Magazine has once again seen fit to publish a couple of my poems. It never, ever stops being a thrill! Click on the … Continue reading
Succotash
With apologies to everyone who has already seen this of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and all that… but I’ve had an essay published by the London Magazine entitled “Psychogeography and Succotash. … Continue reading
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