I actually wrote this blog in Slovenia. It’s the end of their summer tourist season so pretty tranquil at this time of year, and conducive to reflection. I was trekking through a forest in the spectacular Julian Alps and got chatting to a delightful Welsh lady who mentioned that her friend wasn’t up to a [...]
The eagle-eyed among you will have noted that my blog comes a few days late this week. There’s a very good reason for that. Simple really: I wasn’t here to send it. I’ve known for several weeks that my 2008 novel, Right to Die, had been shortlisted for a prize in the Popular Medicine category [...]
This weekend I watched the film, Becoming Jane. For those of you who haven’t seen it, it depicts Jane Austen’s own ill-fated romance. The heroine is rather more feisty, and definitely more beautiful, than I always imagine her to be, but many of the other players in her personal story are instantly recognisable as prototypes [...]