Interview with Damian Le Bas
I was lucky enough to interview Damian Le Bas, #author of ‘The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain’ for the Goldster ‘Inside Story’. You …
Dubai Festival of Literature
I’m in Dubai for the Emirates Festival of Literature. Tonight (7 February) is the main event for me, ‘Miss Havisham’s Wedding’, a celebration of the …
New Dickens podcast
I was very pleased to be invited to be actor Dominic Gerrard’s first guest on his brand new podcast about Charles Dickens. Listen for free …
Rosie Stancer interview
On Tues 14 December at 12pm GMT I’m doing a free online interview with a really amazing woman, the explorer Rosie Stancer. You can register …
Pumpkins and Pokemons
This article was originally published in The Vegetarian magazine in 2001. It sounded impressive to say, “I’m not around this weekend, I’m off to Belgium for …
Armistead Maupin interview
On 1 October I shall be interviewing the wonderful Armistead Maupin, one of my favourite writers! He is the author of the ‘Tales of the …
Sherlock Holmes Online Walking Tour
When Audible asked me to write a podcast about ‘The Real Sherlock’ I decided to create a walking tour of London that would take in …
Marc & Isambard Brunel – online event
My next online event is on the fabulous Marc & Isambard Brunel, two of my favourite Victorians. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. It’s happening on …
Hawksley Workman event!
On Saturday 20 March, I’ll be chatting online to award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman. It’s happening at 7pm UK time / 2pm Toronto time. We’ll …