The Lovers
The Start
The year has just begun. Now I have come to Belle Tout lighthouse on the south coast of England, in the South Downs National Park, on the edge of a four hundred foot drop down a sheer white chalk cliff face, to make a start. There is a novel to finish, set in this place.Continue reading "The Start"
“I deeply regret having been in this business.” Sir Jonathan Miller rages against the dying of the light
Subterfuge won an interview with this brilliant waspish man who was candid, confessional and railed against everyone from the "idiot" Prime Minister to his old colleague David Frost.
Syrian Dreams in the Cuckmere Valley
Last night at the Lapwing Festival I watched and listened to the Syrian musician Maya Youssef play a piece of music called Syrian Dreams, which she wrote after watching the news with her young son asleep on her lap in London, seeing a child of the same age in a war zone familiar to herContinue reading "Syrian Dreams in the Cuckmere Valley"