Blog Posts

  • Midway

    Midway

    Midway appears in the January 2019 issue of Lightspeed (issue 104)

  • The Pointless Rules of English

    I wasn’t really taught grammar at school.  Not in English lessons, anyway.    A friend who knows about such things explained that this was actually…

  • Recursion Crossword

    Recursion Crossword

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  • How I was fooled by Student Loans

    I must admit, the government had me completely fooled over student loans. Yes, I was annoyed that my children are still going to be saddled…

  • Six Lessons from Music…

    … to think about when you feel that your work as a writer is not receiving the recognition it deserves… Shostakovich wrote during the siege…

  • Trapezium

    Trapezium

    Trapezium: Analog September/October 2018

  • Influential People

    Follow the link if you wish to see TIME’s 100 most influential pioneers, leaders, titans, artists and icons of 2018 I heard a report on…

  • Nine Lessons and Carols 9

    I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day. You know the song. Even as I child I knew that if it were Christmas every day…

  • Nine Lessons and Carols 8

    Eight lessons in. Where are the carols? I’ve been playing carols every day in December. I’ve played them in churches and chapels; in school halls,…

  • Nine Lessons and Carols 7

    I separated from someone this year after a relationship that had lasted several years. My baritone partner moved to playing tenor horn. I’ll miss sharing…

  • Nine Lessons and Carols 6

    A friend of mine wrote the following in response to the first post in this series. She wishes to remain anonymous. I think this is…

  • Nine Lessons and Carols 5

    One of my favourite concert performances this year was that given by András Schiff at the BBC proms. He sat down at a piano and…