I’m proud to be included in this unusual new anthology published today, In The Night Count The Stars (Bittersweet Editions http://www.bittersweeteditions.com/ ). It’s the first time my work has appeared in a custom-made e-book and I’m feeling very cutting-edge seeing my…
Recently I’ve been watching a DVD of that greatest of all operas, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in Claus Güth’s sensational production for the Salzburg Festival. It made me realize how jaded I had got about new opera productions – I often…
David Cameron ✔ @David_Cameron Follow I’ve been speaking to @BarackObama about the situation in Ukraine. We are united in condemnation of Russia’s actions. 8:18 PM – 5 Mar 2014 Or so we were told this week on Prime minister David Cameron’s twitter…
There’s a lot of sabre rattling going on in Europe but, I hope, it is posturing between Russia and the United States. John Kerry seems like a sensible man and some of Vladimir Putin’s ministers seem more conciliatory than their…
Maybe we don’t take madeleine cakes enough with weak black tea. I’ve only had the proper French version of these little cakes once but I can see why the French novelist Marcel Proust (1871–1922) rated them so highly in his massive seven volume…
Capturing The Moment by Dawn Stacey I live in the small country town of Lewes, Sussex, in south east England – it’s an inspiring to place to have your home. Not only is it a lovely town with a rich…
I was in London last Friday to read from my book, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love (published by Ward Wood) at the Polari Literary Salon at the Southbank Centre. As I was walking to Lewes station to catch my train, a…
There are so many things to write about today but, sorry readers, I just don’t have the time! I wanted to say auf wiedersehen to Angela Merkel who was visiting Britain and who put our Prime minister, David Cameron straight…
It’s just too sunny out there. It’s pleasant enough sitting here in my study with the light bursting through the window but I can’t resist the temptation to go out for a walk round town rather than sitting here writing…
It’s been difficult to feel gloomy on a day like today here in Lewes, UK. It might be raining elsewhere in England and worse in the USA but here the sun is shining and my garden has become a joyful…