My son Luke is singing with his school choir on the new Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde Christmas single, “Postcard From London”. It’s a superior Christmas single, full of nostalgia, scarves and London buses. A bit sentimental, maybe, but hey – it’s Christmas! So, let’s get it to number one, I say. You can download …
I’ve been neglecting the bloody blog recently, though if anyone’s noticed I’ll be amazed. The fact is I’m trying to get somewhere with my new book, which will be the last in my quartet of Porfiry Petrovich novels. I originally set myself a fairly steep daily target of 1,000 words. But I figured that if …
I’ve been booked to do a workshop on ‘Constructing the Perfect Mystery’ at the York Festival of Writing, which takes place over the weekend of 9-11 April 2010. This is from the Festival website: Welcome to the Festival of Writing, York 2010 This festival is for you, the writer. We know how hard it is …
I’ve been dipping into another old handbook on forensic medicine. This one is by Johann Ludwig Casper. It’s called A Handbook of the Practice of Forensic Medicine, and it was translated into English by George William Balfour. The third edition, which is the one I’ve been referring to, dates from 1861 and is freely available …