Dec 19, 2014
Nearly everyone I meet at the moment comments on how quickly this year has gone. At first I thought it was an age thing. But then my teenage niece (great niece actually, but I don’t dwell on that!) said the same thing. The old adage says that time flies when you are...
Nov 10, 2014
I was delighted to see that 22 year old Megan Knowles-Bacon has just become the first female officer of the Magic Circle. I have recently developed an interest in magic myself. Not in performing it, I hasten to say, but in watching it and in analysing its techniques....
Oct 13, 2014
Yesterday I had a brief telephone conversation with a young customer service person at my bank. Afterwards I had to rate the poor boy 1-5 on a number of criteria, his speed of response, his effectiveness with dealing with my query, his general helpfulness, his manner,...
Sep 1, 2014
There are lots of wonderful aspects to researching the Second World War, the stories of the indomitable spirit that people showed even in the worst of time, the grim humour and the accounts of extraordinary courage and derring-do. I never know quite where my research...
Aug 26, 2014
Great news! My wartime novel ON A WING AND A PRAYER was voted winner of the E-Festival of Words Best Historical Fiction Award. It’s great to know that stories about the Second World War are still so popular, especially as I am just in the process of finishing the...
Jul 3, 2014
Just to let you know that my second world war novel, ON A WING AND A PRAYER, has bobbed up as a finalist in the eFestival of Words ‘Best Historical Fiction’ section. ON A WING AND A PRAYER is the third in my London wartime LAVENDER ROAD series. It covers the period...
