This week sees the publication of my debut poetry collection, Remembering Blue by Ward Wood Publishing. The poems were written over a period of ten years (2008 – 2018) and, even though I am also lucky enough to have two…
I have three new Fibonacci poems published today in the Fib Review, the specialist poetry journal for this intriguing style based on the Fibonacci number sequence. I’ve been writing them now for over ten years and The Fib Review has…
Reading about the Stonewall Riots on its fiftieth anniversary makes me feel a mixture of emotions. It’s great that something life-changing for so many people, Gay Liberation, came out of a moment when a smallish group of young put-upon homosexuals…
Yes, I like Elizabeth Warren. I would’ve preferred her as the Democrat presidential candidate the last time, in 2016, instead of Hillary Clinton, but she didn’t stand. Maybe she should’ve, but, just maybe, her time has arrived this year now…
The other night, an audio recording was made of what sounded like a domestic dispute between, Boris Johnson, the UK Conservative Party’s leadership front-runner, and his new girlfriend, Carrie Symonds. Apparently, the recording was made by a concerned neighbour after…
I haven’t been writing about the state of the United Kingdom for some time now because, well, because it’s just so depressing. I know that there has never been a perfect form of government and that, whether you agree or…
Apollo and Daphne (1744/5) by Giovanni Batista Tiepolo (Louvre, Paris) I have had three new Fibonacci poems published today in the splendid online publication The Fib Review, the world’s leading Fibonacci specialist publisher. These three make a total of 82…
I may have been shirking a responsibility by avoiding writing blogs about the woeful state of our politics here in the United Kingdom. Maybe I’m a warrior wannabe who just got tired of being on the losing side. Maybe I…
Jamal Khashoggi People have said to me recently, here in the UK, that Donald Trump isn’t that bad – or is he? We all suffer from that phenomenon known as news fatigue. Nothing is as shocking as when we…
I know, it’s been too long, but I’m back. I noticed in amazement and a touch of horror, that I last posted a blog on this site last December. Forgive me. I’ve been busy with various writing projects – a…
