Every Picture tells a story and the #Hattastic Gallery shows some of the hats knitted and bought in aid of … More

‘Milton’s Paradise Lost and Seamus Heaney’s Translation of Beowulf have been neglected. My new challenge is to work on finishing … More

A wee while ago I read Haruki Murakami’s inspiring memoir ‘What I talk about when I talk about running‘ for … More

Bonnes vacances à toutes et à tout I returned to Paris on the 2nd of August after a short trip … More

According to Wikipedia two million people live within the twenty inner city arrondissements of Paris, twelve million live in the … More

It is the time I wait for and the time I dread.  That magical time when I can write The … More

I don’t know if this is true all over Paris but in 14ème arrondissement Le Petit Commerce is thriving. By that … More

This time last week I had no idea that scribbling on books had a name but week three of my poetry challenge … More