A Sense of Un-Entitlement
The old and the new in South East London My south east London ranges from sticky and urine-soaked, to smart and classy within a few steps. I can walk in the woods, stroll along an...
A Review of Luciano’s Lee SE12
The biggest concern in Luciano’s, as we sat on the Burnt Ash Road, warding off insistent sunshine, and occasionally seat swapping to escape it, was whether we should order mussels in arrabbiata...
Park Cafe Honle (that’s ‘Honle’ with an umlaut)
I’ve been cycling past Park Cafe Honle (that’s ‘Honle’ with an umlaut) in Deptford’s Folkestone gardens for years, just not knowing. It was a day off for a chill that let me discover what a delight...
A Review of ‘El Marsem’, Delights of the Old Kent Road
I discovered Algerian Cafe “El Marsem” on the Old Kent Road when we were stopped by the traffic lights in front a window of piles and piles of pancakey bread, or was it bready pancakes, or was it...
Places in Greenwich that you shouldn’t miss
I’m sure by now you’ve spotted that Blackheath.London is not an advertising channel where restaurants and products are soaked in a reverential halo… however I know that if you’re local readers you’d...
Free Reading #helenandthegrandbees
I’ve had a lot of questions about a sequel to HELEN AND THE GRANDBEEs, so I thought I would release this short story ‘Helen Ruth and One Bee’ from Helen’s life after her fall out with Lily. ...
Helen, Ruth and One Bee
I’ve had a lot of questions about a sequel to HELEN AND THE GRANDBEEs, so I thought I would release this short story ‘Helen Ruth and One Bee’ from Helen’s life after her fall out with Lily. You can...
Heat Lamps and Mezze, outdoor dining at the Guildford Arms SE10
It was the first week of open beer gardens. Every news report said a booking at a beer garden was rarer than a cheerful news story. I was failing in my duty as a local food blogger not to have...
The Curious Incidents of Deptford.
Many curious incidents woke me up in the middle of the night in Deptford, the location my novel HELEN AND THE GRANDBEES. Deptford bridge over the Quaggy It began with the police throwing things...
Read the Prologue to “Helen & The Grandbees”
We three sat together on the sofa for two. The sofa was made of bobbling grey and white threads. The foam stuck out through the gaps on the arm on April’s side. The gas fire flickered with pale blue...
My Paintings
Canary Wharf Clouds
£30.00 – £300.00
A Few More Of My Blog Posts
A sneak extract from ADRIFT – The Storyteller & Mosaicist
They say, when you come back, that things might not be normal, straightaway.” He pulled a palm across his face as if it would bring him into normality.
ADRIFT – The Storyteller and the Mosaicist SNEAK PREVIEW
On a good day in Robin’s life, on an ideal day which is creatively profitable, when the world buzzes with the fact that you are a maker and not a subordinate, when you fizz with tangibility, and the pavement glows where the air hits it….
Announcing “Adrift – The Storyteller & The Mosaicist”
And now for the exciting update I’ve been promising to reveal since the end of last year… My novella Adrift is coming out on 8th March! “The neatness after the tragedy. The emptied room and crisp cleaned sheets.” Bernie is plunged into turmoil when her step-brother is...
How did I end up in Adis Ababa?
When the PA at the consultancy firm I worked at in the early 2000’s introduced me to one of the directors, with the words, “He wants to send you around the world,” I was a little taken aback to discover they meant Ethiopia.
December Round up
Hi There! It’s been a busy writing year for the Morrall’s… Not least because my sister/Clare’s daughter delivered two baby boys late in November. It seems less important right now, but in writing news, Clare Morrall’s the MUSEUM OF DIARIES was released on Audio...
Maybe this is something you never thought of before…
…But how easy is it to pick a book title? My novella, has been on working title of ‘Adrift’ for a very long time, and only now as it starts to move from manuscript to book do I realise, I really need a different title. So I thought I would enlist your help… What title...