When hitch-hiking was the only way to travel… (Daily Mail 10.10.19)

When hitch-hiking was the only way to travel… (Daily Mail 10.10.19)

When I was 18 the only opportunity I had of foreign travel was to stand at the side of the … read more

Venice, Plum and a 50th Wedding Anniversary

Venice, Plum and a 50th Wedding Anniversary

Mail On Sunday. 27.11.16

Some couples celebrate their golden wedding anniversary by holding a feast for friends and family to … read more

Fifty Years On…a lifetime in Fleet Street ….

Fifty Years On…a lifetime in Fleet Street ….

Fifty Years On …. or what  Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Michael Caine, Leonard Cheshire, Paul Raymond, … read more

My Father’s Grave, France and me – a memoir

At high tide the waves from the Atlantic really rush in at Beg Legeur in Brittany’s Bay of Lannion. It’s … read more

The Story of Plum and Me – Fifty Years On

Daily Mail 17.3.2016

Time flies when you’re enjoying yourself. It must. How else can I understand that next on April … read more

Who Needs Editors? Everyone – Especially Bloggers

Who Needs Editors? Everyone – Especially Bloggers

I appear to have rattled a few publishing cages with my recent Guardian article about  my experiment in serialising my … read more

The Pickpocket And Me

The Pickpocket And Me

Evening Standard, November 16, 2010

Having your pocket picked on the Tube might not seem like everyone’s idea of a … read more

Pink Granite Coast

Mail On Sunday, 2010

My father never visited France—although he is buried in the tiny village of Servel, near Lannion, … read more

Christmas Carols

Christmas Carols

We’re hardly the best choir in London. We never rehearse and we only ever meet once a year when we … read more

A sunny May morning in Lymington

A sunny May morning in Lymington

Daily Mail, 2006

I wore my Elvis socks the day my mother died. Made of black cotton with the name … read more