I get a lot of emails from people which is always heartening – but I wanted to share this one on my blog – I explain why afterwards… Hello Mr. Holland I don’t know if you remember me but last Wednesday I wrote to… Read More »a lovely email to receive
Last night, Tom and I attended the Goya Awards in Madrid – the Spanish Baftas and a brilliant example of the cultural differences within Europe. Both are show piece nights of their respective film years. Both are on TV. Both are staged on a Sunday… Read More »The Goyas
tomorrow I will be attending the Goya Awards in Madrid – expect a funny post in a day or two.  Eclipsed might now be over but some things are good to rub in…
It is fairly logical that guns and knives are commonly associated with the word, crime. They have let legitimate uses of course, in particular, knives. I use knives every day without a thought of ever being arrested but I understand that in the wrong… Read More »Gun Crime
I enjoyed many years working for various branches of Marks and Spencer. West Ealing, then the daddy of them all, Marble Arch in the warehouse but it all started off working in the posh Kensington High Street. Ken H St was good fun because the various… Read More »The Spark in Marks
It is a good experience getting stuff published in newspapers. The Mail asked me to write a feature after seeing my earlier piece in The Independent. A good experience because it is the oxygen of publicity all epublishers need – or because it is just something… Read More »Piece in the Mail in full
Here’s a very familiar situation – You’re in the airport and you are committed to buying a book. This might be the only book you will read this year, so it is an important decision. But there is so much choice and the 2 for… Read More »the stress of buying a novel…
So my plan was to record a stand up show in order to generate some footage for my forthcoming ebook that I ended up calling – how tom holland eclipsed his dad. Thanks to Pete Harris for help with the title. Pete is my ex-‘manager’… Read More »out of the ashes…
