Sibling rivalry in the pigeon loft – ‘I was determined to be the executioner, to submit its body to one brief, last act of violence and free it from the daily round of humiliation and abandonment back in the loft’.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
‘Local Writers in Conversation’ – 2016 Wirksworth Festival
A really enjoyable evening last Tuesday as part of ‘Local Writers in Conversation’, an event for Wirksworth Festival. Superbly chaired by local actor, Paddy Turner, it was a real pleasure sharing a platform with Tricia Durdey (The Green Table), Phil Whitney (Relative Values) and Tony Jones (2016 Winner of the Writers Guild of GB, Best Read the full article…
‘THE NAPLES OF ENGLAND’ Chapter 7. ‘In Scarlet Town’
“Hold your head up when you sing. And stop slouching and mumbling. Smile! For heaven’s sake, smile!”