A cobra in Ravenscourt Park was feeling a bit sad and lonely. All she saw was green. All she felt was grass. The silence was driving her crazy. She curled herself around one of the legs of a bench. She dived into a litter bin to see if anyone was […]
This post is part of the Londres.London series. Everyone likes visiting Camden Market in London. Usually, tourists get off at Camden Town tube and walk up the High Street. Why not take a slightly different route to the market, or continue further up North once you’ve done your shopping? If […]
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If you spend quite a bit of money on books on Amazon, this tip will safe you some cash. In fact, if you shop on Amazon for anything, it can help you too. I read a lot. I don’t make much money from my books, but they pay for my […]
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw
I’d always admired British politicians. Yes, really. How they talked, their integrity, their clarity… But now, for the first time since I arrived in London in 1990, I just don’t want to know. It doesn’t help that I couldn’t vote in the Brexit referendum and that I won’t be able […]
Fake books – powered by clickfarms – are gatecrashing Amazon’s charts. And despite being aware of the issue for well over a year, Amazon has failed to resolve it. If you look at the Kindle Store Best Seller charts right now, and click over to Free Books, you will see […]
Any online project needs a Twitter account. It’s fast, it’s fun and it’s also fickle, so you don’t need to be too consistent. (There are some experts that will try to convince you that consistency is the most important thing, and the best thing to do is to tweet five […]
Just finished the last edit of “Hi, I’m Here for a Recording.” Made over 150 changes/ additions. Will this process ever end…?
You all know that I love podcasting. It’s strangely addictive. Yes, it takes up a lot of time and there are less podcast listeners than blog readers. But there is something narcissistic about standing behind a microphone and thinking that what you have to say is worth listening to that […]
So this is what you look like with your clothes off…
It was inevitable. I haven’t started a new parallel project for a while. Yes, I’ve launched a few podcasts over the last year, but they are all still, well, podcasts. And related to my main business. So even if the focus of the content is different, been there, got the […]
