by David West | Sep 12, 2024 | News
While I was in Waterstones with Claire and found the book on rituals, I actually bought Gwynne’s Latin. I have unfinished business with Latin. On my first day at grammar school I was still talking for a few seconds after Mr Wilson shut the classroom door. I was...
by David West | Sep 11, 2024 | News
Yesterday Claire and I visited Waterstones to return the books I’d bought her for her birthday, and to replace them with books she didn’t already have. I came across a book on rituals, and discovered that Victor Hugo had a writing ritual which involved him stripping...
by David West | Sep 10, 2024 | News
I have posted about my favourite film, The Jungle Book which was a childhood favourite. Who didn’t love Baloo singing about the bare necessities? Baloo is from the Hindi for bear. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and the human antics and behaviours of Baloo...
by David West | Aug 30, 2024 | News
An article in ALCS news got me thinking about my writing day. Not every day is a writing day. But then if I’m gardening, playing golf, sailing, or shopping, I might also be thinking through a plot idea, or turning an unsatisfactory phrase over in my head. If I am...
by David West | Aug 25, 2024 | News
I stayed in my college overnight on Friday, following the Aularean Golf Society AGM, and finally visited the exhibition Write Cut Rewrite at the Weston Library. There is something magical about seeing the handwritten manuscripts of great authors with their crossing...
