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It’s been a good week since launching Prayer in Time of War, with fantastic coverage in the Western Daily Press on Saturday February 24 (see picture), followed by mentions in a couple of online publications. Fading memories always make for a powerful theme in fiction – thanks to Shepherd.com for asking me about my book…

Prayer in Time of War, my debut novel, is now available! It tells the story of elderly war veteran Ernie as he returns to an Italy transformed from his experiences during the Second World War, in search of the girl he left behind in the back streets of Naples half a century before. I have…

Next week marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Monte Cassino – one of the most vivid and debated incidents of the Second World War and a key moment in my forthcoming novel Prayer in Time of War, which is published on February 23rd. With its heavily fortified mountain defences, difficult river crossings, and…

Later this month I will release my debut novel – inspired by the wartime recollections of my grandfather, who fought in Italy during the Second World War. Prayer in Time of War, which is released on February 23, 2024, tells the story of elderly war veteran Ernie as he returns to an Italy transformed from…

It was good to meet up with BBC Radio Wiltshire reporter Steve Clements at a very windswept Alton Barnes between Christmas and New Year. The interview he recorded with Charlie and I about Walking the White Horses was broadcast on January 2, and can be heard at 1 hour 29 mins into the programme: BBC…

Thanks to Round and About Magazine for the wonderful coverage of Walking the White Horses in January’s R&A Magazine! You can read the full article here: https://online.fliphtml5.com/cibyw/aqmz/

I’m looking forward to taking part in this event at Trowbridge Museum in January, alongside Glyn Coy, photographer and author of Hidden Wiltshire. We’ll be discussing how our books came about, our shared interest in Wiltshire’s hidden history and the challenges and pleasures of capturing the Wiltshire landscape in words and photographs. Tickets are free.…

There was a peculiar sense of unreality as I found myself standing at a lectern earlier this week talking to an audience about Walking the White Horses. After many years of attending other writers’ book talks, to suddenly be the person at the front doing the speaking gave the whole evening a dreamlike quality. But…

In 2020, I started regularly walking in Green Lane Woods – a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve close to my home. In this video, I talk a little about why my daily interaction with the natural world became increasingly important and helped to inspire my writing.

I am delighted (and perhaps just a little terrified) to have been invited to speak at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes on Tuesday December 5 following the publication of Walking the White Horses: Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail on Foot. The talk will take place in the Museum’s lecture theatre and will be followed by a book…