FANGS FOR THE MEMORY

by | Jun 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

The crime novel Antidote to Venom was written during the “Golden Age of Murder”. It was written by the then popular crime-writer Freeman Wills Crofts (sounds like a department store!) and published in 1938. The novel  is set in a fictional Midlands town...

THE NAME’S BOND……..

by | May 20, 2015 | Uncategorized

A couple of years ago I met Michael Bond at the launch of the two volume history of Playschool. He was charming and told about how he used to work in the BBC children’s television department and worked on (among other things) Playschool. His work there inspired...

WHAT COMES AFTER…

by | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized

I am recording Tightrope by Simon Mawer, a beautifully written novel that tells what happens to Marian (a Anglo/French member of the Resistence during the last war) when she comes home after capture, torture and the hell of Ravensbrück concentration camp.  Agents,...

TALK BACK

by | Apr 3, 2015 | Uncategorized

Nice feedback for my talk in Ware. More talks coming up. Watch this space! I wanted to thank you very much for the event with Gordon last week in Ware. It was a real success and the feedback we had back was brilliant. The number of people who attended was absolutely...