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    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

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