Hay Festival abandons freedom of expression and association!
By what measures does the Hay Festival organisation [@HayFestival @HayFestivalWire] judge contributions to our national [...]
Why aren’t the Little Englanders more introvert by nature?
So there I was, walking into my local village hall in a small rural village [...]
Pie in the English sky!
https://tinyurl.com/2p8sajxv Authors now, more than ever before, need to keep banging on about freedom of [...]
The Scourge of the ‘English Empire’!
So there we were in Port Arthur, Tasmania, two English tourists eagerly trying to track [...]
Cancel Culture terrorising publishing!
So Philip Pullman, President of the #SocietyOfAuthors, could get cancelled because he has shown support [...]
Looking in from afar at the UK ‘banana republic’
https://tinyurl.com/v9bk74j7 Allister Heath is a renowned British journalist, one of very few, who writes for [...]
Main Stream Media self-awareness day?
Well, as the war on ‘free speech’ continues to rage, how’s this for a revealing [...]
Litter is pollution. Government vs The People ?
When are we going to tackle our own grotesque little part of our sickening global [...]
We should celebrate and support our leading ladies!
With so much in our society being torn down and ripped up by supposedly 'entitled' [...]
How should crime writers tackle the lack of policing in our society?
The Trade Union representing the UK’s Border Force (coastguard national security agency) is currently taking [...]
Authors try to cancel ‘cancel culture’
All authors would naturally fight for the right to free speech, especially when that right [...]
The end of policing as we know it?
As an author of 'mystery thrillers' and 'crime fiction', it's important to ensure the technical [...]
Lake District Under Siege !
Lake District suffers critical UNESCO scrutiny At last the Lake District National Park Authority [...]
UNESCO doing LDNPA’s job?
UNESCO & local councils reject 'Theme Park Lake District' approach in Cumbria At last someone [...]
Great review of ‘Once Too many Times’ on Goodreads!
"Absolutely fabulous, beautifully written book. The story spans across continents and decades. The characters are [...]
Author interview in Bury & West Suffolk Magazine!
I hope you like the interview. It should give you an interesting insight to some [...]
Blog post from Oliver…….World Heritage status for the Lakes?
The English Lake District is a region very dear to my heart and, I'm sure, [...]