Dec 22, 2024 | The Main Blog
One of the great joys of reading is that, occasionally, you discover a book that has a profound effect on you, the reader. I’ve recently finished such a book, specifically Nine Minds by Daniel Tammet. The minds in question all belong to autistic people; some have...
Dec 17, 2024 | The Main Blog
For the last two years, I have been working towards an MA in Creative Writing with the Open University, as I discussed in this space in October 2024. That post was written shortly after I submitted my End of Module Assessment (EMA), a 15,000 word project which in my...
Nov 27, 2024 | The Main Blog
In December 2023, I wrote a blog entitled In a SpIn, which was an exploration of my oldest and deepest Special Interest (or SpIn for short). Yet over the summer, I decided that I had completely fallen out of love with football, ending an involvement with the sport...
Oct 22, 2024 | The Main Blog
I was a bit embarrassed to work out that 100 days had passed without me writing anything in this space. After all, if you’re not making your work available, are you even a writer at all? It has to be said, though, that I have been busy since sharing my thoughts on the...
Jun 8, 2024 | The Main Blog
It doesn’t really matter where I cast my vote in the forthcoming General Election; I already know who my next Member of Parliament is going to be. In fact, in most of the General Elections where I have been eligible to vote, my cross on the ballot paper has been...
