Book Review: Elidor by Alan Garner

Elidor, by British author Alan Garner, is a children’s fantasy story, which holds a very special place in my affections. I first encountered the book when it was read aloud to me by a teaching practice student in the small primary school I attended in the 1960’s. I’d be about eight or nine.  It was …

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Book Reviews

I love reading. If I could only chose one hobby it would be reading books: I can’t imagine a world without them. I’ll read almost anything I can lay my hands on: fiction, non-fiction, journalism and poetry. My wife even jokes that I’ll read the label on a shampoo bottle when I’m in the shower. …

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Aix en Provence

Place des Cardeurs

Aix en Provence (or simply Aix) is a city of around 143,000 people in south east France, 19 miles north of Marseilles. Although it is a city, Aix has a relaxed and intimate feel. Here’s a selection of my favourite photographs I took on a trip there in June this year. The City A busy …

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Photographic Essays

This Friday, 25th November, I’m publishing the first of my photographic essays: on the city of Aix en Provence in southern France. Although I’ve been writing stories for many years, photography is a fairly recent hobby. I’ve always taken holiday ‘snaps’, but two years ago I decided to take photography more seriously, and bought my …

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