On Tuesday, I had the privilege of giving a talk about my books – ‘A latecomer novelist’ – to the Kingston Branch of the NHS Retirement Fellowship. And what a lively group of individuals they are! It was quite an experience listening to their friendly and enthusiastic chatter and that was before the meeting even […]
A few days ago, I had the wonderful privilege of talking to a special group of people. They were the Parkinson’s Support Group of Epsom, Ewell and Kingston. I spoke about my books and how I came to write them. I called the talk, ‘If I can write a novel, so can you’ and I truly […]
Every year, our King’s College London PhD group have a reunion, somewhere or other, so far at various select venues in the UK. This year, Jenny Barnwell organised a great reunion at Simpsons (Michelin star) restaurant in Birmingham. We had a truly spectacular meal in this amazing restaurant. As usual the best part was the company. […]
Thanks to David H, who organised the day, Chris F and Peter S, who were our unbelievably knowledgeable guides, ten of us ‘lads’ from Sutton Nonsuch Rotary had a terrific day yesterday at Brooklands Museum, the site of the UK’s first race track and the construction site of something like 18,000 civil and military aircraft (I’m […]
Only two days ago, I gave a presentation on ‘My club sandwich career in the Home Office’ to the Woking Seniors Club (https://www.wokingseniors.co.uk/). I couldn’t be more impressed by what a friendly group of guys they are. As soon as I arrived, Martin, the club secretary bought me a pint. Not only that he showed […]
