My retreat is over and I’m at home again, and luckily my journey did not get impacted by Storm Austin, although my train from Chester was heaving because other trains were cancelled and people needed to re-route via Liverpool. Our neighbour’s whomping willow is doing a whirling dervish dance, our swamp cypress is flinging off… Continue reading A Place To Write
Category: Books
Discovering George Eliot
I am busy dabbing the edges of my nostrils with Vicks and drinking some honey, turmeric and lemon concoction. I should have been going for a walk in Hawarden with my walking group but have given them a pass on picking up my lurgy by staying at home. Current Reading Current accompaniments This means that… Continue reading Discovering George Eliot
WiFi Blues
I have just picked up On Writing, Stephen King’s well-known primer on, well, writing. Surprisingly, I’ve never read it before, but then I’ve not read that many books on ‘how to write’. Yes, I know I did a Masters on it, but that was on Creative NON-Fiction, so a slightly different beast. Compared to my other pastime, running,… Continue reading WiFi Blues
Rita Mistry – Death On All Hallows’ Eve
Have I told you lately that I...am publishing my book? Well, now it's finally available on the behemoth that is Amazon. My book out in the world! One day I want to say that my book is also out in all good bookshops but in the meantime two wonderful local places will be stocking it… Continue reading Rita Mistry – Death On All Hallows’ Eve
Novice Self-Publisher Learns Some Hard Truths
I am supposed to be in the deepest part of my marathon training but we’re away in Ribblesdale for a long weekend with family and although I brought my kit, I’d also brought a pair of trainers that were technically retired. I’d had a vague plan to go to Clitheroe for their parkrun, but I… Continue reading Novice Self-Publisher Learns Some Hard Truths
The Oresteia – The Bridge Theatre, London
Ancient Greek myths seem to abound at the moment. On top of the raft of books re-imagining stories such as Pat Barker’s The Voyage Home, and Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles, there is, of course, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which I haven’t seen yet. Outside by London Bridge Foyer - this is a really comfortable theatre The… Continue reading The Oresteia – The Bridge Theatre, London
RSC: The Tempest (with Sir Kenneth Branagh)
Sir Kenneth Branagh is currently starring as Prospero in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. The entire run sold out almost immediately which gives a great financial boost to the Royal Shakespeare Company, although I guess they must have put a few tickets aside for the King and his entourage as he popped in to watch it… Continue reading RSC: The Tempest (with Sir Kenneth Branagh)
RSC: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Bertolt Brecht
When Mark Gatiss wipes the black toothbrush moustache from his face and says the following lines, I assume that they have been added on by this director, given the world that we live in today: If we could learn to look, instead of gawking,We’d see the horror in the heart of farce.If only we could… Continue reading RSC: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Bertolt Brecht
Limbo Land
I feel like I’m in a state of limbo. Having had a week away last week for Anne’s birthday, the plan was to come back and get back into writing mode. However. My book is still with the editor and has been for six weeks and counting. The holdup has been for various reasons, the… Continue reading Limbo Land
Rónán Hession – Leonard and Hungry Paul
I had no recollection that I had read this book before. The front cover - probably more exciting than the book Up until the moment where the Chamber of Commerce competition is mentioned I read it as a wholly new experience. Even when I remembered the incident with the box of chocolates, the words around… Continue reading Rónán Hession – Leonard and Hungry Paul
