by David West | Jan 15, 2024 | News
I’ve just been interviewed by The Reader’s House magazine. Apparently it’s the first and only British print magazine available in over 190 countries. It’s available in Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Blackwells, Amazon and many, many other outlets. My interview is a...
by David West | Jan 7, 2024 | News
Galileo discovered the first three moons of Jupiter on this day in 1610. By a happy coincidence, also on the 7th January, but in 1618, Francis Bacon became Lord Chancellor of England. The happy coincidence is because there is a connection to Sir Anthony Standen, my...
by David West | Jan 6, 2024 | News
Does a spreadsheet have a role in creative writing? Spreadsheets are for numbers, right? Well I’m using one for my fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, working title, The Favourite Murder. I know it sounds crazy, but let me explain. I’ve posted about the...
by David West | Dec 29, 2023 | News
Last night Claire and I watched The Greatest Showman for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m sure you all know that it’s the fictionalised, musical biography of P.T. Barnum. At the end there is a quotation by Barnum which reads, “the noblest art is that of...
by David West | Dec 26, 2023 | News
Boxing Day seems to be a day when a lot happens. King Lear was first performed on this day in 1606 for king James I. I’m not a fan of King James. He had my ancestor Sir Anthony Standen imprisoned in the Tower of London. You can read all about it in The Spy who Sank...
