This year I released my first novel, ‘Nightjar’. It’s a fantasy, with more than a hint of dystopia, set in a feudal future and centred...

I enjoyed this. I love mythology, especially Celtic folklore, and although well aware of Norse mythology - mainly through popular culture...

The next few weeks my blog will be about the books I've read. Recently, of course. It follows on from my thoughts on reading Jean Teule's...

I enjoyed one of those wonderful events recently; you know the one, when you pick up a random book in the library and it turns out to be...

On an earlier post I made mention of Sandy’s Iron Age forts, and in so doing touched on Vikings too. It’s true. There were Vikings in...

A writer of words and a musician in the past, I find myself immensely proud of the role and function of bardic tradition in Celtic...

Over the last week and two I have released my first novel out into the world. 'Nightjar' is a literary fantasy set in a feudal future,...

Those who know me realise my reviews are less a blow by blow account of a book (I don't like giving things away), and more a...

Potton is a small town in Bedfordshire that I used to live in. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and it is said that Hereward the Wake...

Visit Ludlow. I could leave it at that, but I won’t. Ludlow is a gem of a place, in Shropshire, close to the border with Wales, and...