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

When I was 18 the only opportunity I had of foreign travel was to stand at the side of the … read more
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 …. or what Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Michael Caine, Leonard Cheshire, Paul Raymond, … read more
At high tide the waves from the Atlantic really rush in at Beg Legeur in Brittany’s Bay of Lannion. It’s … read more
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
I appear to have rattled a few publishing cages with my recent Guardian article about my experiment in serialising my … read more
Evening Standard, November 16, 2010
Having your pocket picked on the Tube might not seem like everyone’s idea of a … read more
Mail On Sunday, 2010
My father never visited France—although he is buried in the tiny village of Servel, near Lannion, … read more
We’re hardly the best choir in London. We never rehearse and we only ever meet once a year when we … read more
Daily Mail, 2006
I wore my Elvis socks the day my mother died. Made of black cotton with the name … read more