Many years ago George Orwell wrote an article specifying what the 10 things that he thought the perfect London pub should have. Country pubs were different and he didn’t go in to the details. His ideal pub was called “The moon under water”. Rather terribly there is course a chain version of these pubs now. [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The moon under water
Posted in Articles on May 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
How I write
Posted in Articles on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I find so difficult about writing a novel is that you have to have a plan. Even if you don’t think you are planning anything, then you have to remember that you have planned to write a novel. And even that thought can upset some kind of delicate balance in your [...]
Amber
Posted in Fiction, Short on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Amber lay on the sloping bank, her feet cooling in the river. She looked across the river to a house. A dragonfly hovered in front of her nose. Dragonflies do live up to their name, she thought. They seem so old. Amber felt old, too old to be lusting after young boys, well, young men. [...]
Fish and chips
Posted in Articles on May 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Fish and chips is in some ways the English national dish, and I love it. But there are some important considerations about fish and chips that you have to bear in mind. Personally I think mushy peas are a very important ingredient. And then we have controversial salt and vinegar situation. There is no question [...]
