Give a Christmas gift to give a Christmas gift.
Crikey. October is almost over, and Christmas is just around the corner. I’ve decided I would like to do something…
Interview with Claire Ridgway – writer extraordinaire.
I’m delighted to welcome the wonderful Claire Ridgway to my website in this interview. Claire is the author of many non-fiction history…
Theresa Smith interviews me at Behind the Pen, and I review Gareth Russell’s Young & Damned & Fair.
Did I really go away for a two week writing retreat at Varuna, the Writers’ House? Two weeks back home,…
Marking, marking, marking…
Help! See that picture? That’s my life at the moment. It’s marking time at my university and I am swamped…
Thinking about Anne Boleyn…
Anne Boleyn invades my thoughts a lot in April and May. Well, to be utterly truthful, every year sees me…
Happy birthday Elizabeth I.
Sharing a piece I wrote so long, long ago about the birth of Elizabeth I.