TALES FROM THE COP SHOP – PART 2

I know you’re all on the edge of your seats waiting for this blog, so [...]

22
Apr
JESUS AND SANTA – THE DYNAMIC DUO

I know it’s a cliché, but the joy of Christmas seems, for a lot of [...]

24
Dec
TO INDULGE OR NOT TO INDULGE (THAT IS THE CHOICE) feat TALZ FARADAY

I was going to post the second blog in the Tales From The Cop Shop series, but [...]

14
Dec
TALES FROM THE COP SHOP -PART 1

I was hoping my second novel EDGE OF CIVILISATION would be published in time for [...]

03
Dec
THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (OR AT LEAST SOME OF THEM)

At the school I went to, which resembled a foreboding Victorian prison, at the age [...]

08
May
EVOLVE TO THE FUTURE

My last blog on the 12th December – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, I [...]

28
Dec
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

We got our first Christmas card this year, appropriately enough, on 1st December from friends David [...]

12
Dec
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’

I was trying to think if there was ever a moment in my life when [...]

30
Oct
BUGSY AND KRISTOFER.

Two things happened last week that at first didn’t seem in any way connected – [...]

11
Aug
THIS IS NOT PERSONAL SONNY, IT’S STRICTLY BUSINESS

The other day I was watching a documentary about Arthur Miller, the American playwright. For [...]

27
Jul
A BEGINNING IS A BEGINNING WHEN IT’S NOT THE END.

Probably the question I’m asked the most is – “How do I become a writer?” [...]

09
Jul
NO VIRUS, NO PINA COLADA, NO PROBLEM.

Round about now, forty-five years ago, I was starting a summer season of plays at [...]

19
Jun
TAKE THE PLUNGE AND HOPE IT’S NOT THE SHALLOW END

I reckon the biggest question on everybody’s mind at the moment is – “What happens [...]

01
Jun
TANKED UP HIGH

Last week’s VE day celebrations didn’t quite go to plan in our house.  The only [...]

21
May
PROG JUNCTION

This week I watched the 1968 film Up The Junction. The original book on which [...]

04
May
MAKE-BELIEVE MEETS CHUTZPAH

A few days ago we were meant to be disembarking from a cruise that would [...]

21
Apr
SNIDE AND PREJUDICE

I started this blog, mainly because the company that handle our PR, Puzzle Communications, thought [...]

09
Apr
APRICOTS AND APPLES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT

Imagine what it would have been like if this virus had hit 60 or 70 [...]

02
Apr
ADAM ADAMANT WILL LIVE!

In my last blog I started off by mentioning the situation we find ourselves in [...]

26
Mar
THE SHOW MUST GO ON

At the moment it’s like we’re all in a bad sci-fi movie with no hero [...]

20
Mar
CONSPIRACY IS A WORD I SELDOM USE

I do have jokes about viruses, but I’m not going to tell you any, ‘cos [...]

12
Mar
LOST IN PRODUCTION

This week is the Fisheye Film Festival. Most of you won’t have heard of it [...]

05
Mar
ONE DAY THE REPS WILL RISE UP AGAIN

I was trying to figure out the other day, about the changing world of theatre [...]

27
Feb
BLOODBATH REBORN (THE POSTSCRIPT)

Okay – this is not earth-shattering news and it’s certainly not new news, but it [...]

18
Feb
BLOODBATH REBORN – PART III

If you’ve ever thought of getting involved in producing, then please come and see me. [...]

12
Feb
BLOODBATH REBORN – PART II

Producing a theatrical production is totally different to producing a film or a TV show, [...]

03
Feb
BLOODBATH REBORN

In 2009 we did a production in Edinburgh of Bloodbath The Musical. Now eleven years [...]

29
Jan
ANGRY ARCHITECTURE

Last week I went back to Yorkshire.  It was the funeral of Barbara Bird, the [...]

21
Jan
AT THE ALTAR OF NEW BELIEF

It seems fewer and fewer people are making New Year resolutions. All that business about [...]

15
Jan
PANTO TO JAMES BOND

Christmas used to be the time of year which, workwise, meant one thing – panto. [...]

23
Dec
IF MUSIC BE THE … (COMPLETE THE SENTENCE)

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, [...]

17
Dec
BLUEPRINTS ARE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

I’ve had some terrific reviews for my novel Beck Le Street, which I’m both grateful [...]

10
Dec
SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF LIFE

I know I’m going to incur the wrath of many people with this blog.  But [...]

03
Dec
THE STORY IS GOD

It’s amazing, I can’t think of a time that I cared less about politics, except [...]

26
Nov
F****** ENJOY IT!

I loved listening to Ian McKellen the other day on Good Morning Britain.  Deciding which [...]

22
Nov
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Christmas is certainly on its way. The TV ads are flooding onto our screens, the [...]

19
Nov
FRONT STALLS IN THE CINEMA

Recently I watched a programme on Sky Arts called Discovering Gregory Peck.  It’s part of [...]

11
Nov
NEVER RECYCLE

I’m about a third of the way through a treatment. There’s no doubt about it, [...]

05
Nov
Opening Salvo

Okay – this my first ever blog. Why should I suddenly start writing a blog [...]

11
Oct
The Decline of the British Soap Opera

Anybody watching The Loudest Voice on Sky Atlantic with Russell Crow? It’s about the rise [...]

09
Oct
No Need to Kill to Thrill

Equity – the actors union, demanded last week that bias against working class actors be [...]

07
Oct
1.5% to 2.5%

I’m just in the process of starting work on a new commission. I am the [...]

05
Oct
Writers Write

I know why I like writing so much, I can create my own world, which [...]

03
Oct