My Mother's Secret Archives

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day! I had hoped to spend today being spoilt with prosecco and cake...

There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office...

https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She...

In May 2017 we bought a house in Somerset. It was originally built in the...

My writing talisman is a beautiful painting by artist, Elaine Jones. It's of Cornwall -...

The Royal Literary Fund has recorded a mini -podcast with me on how I write...

In a few days time I’m heading to Ted Hughes’ old house, Lumb Bank, in...

I’ve just returned to working for charity, First Story, this month. First Story’s aim...

I’ve written as a Jesuit priest in Outer Mongolia, a nine-year-old in inner city Bristol,...

I'm delighted to welcome Tasha Locke to my blog this week. Tasha graduated from Bristol...

Book blogger and health journalist, Victoria Goldman, asked me to tell her what my essential writing...

This is a blog post I wrote on the importance of setting for The Asian...