by David West | Mar 2, 2023 | News
Classic FM informed me that today, 2nd March 2023, is world book day. Perhaps as an author I should have known that. What is world book day anyway? UNESCO created world book day on 23rd April 1995, and it is now celebrated in over a hundred countries. The Scotsman...
by David West | Feb 27, 2023 | News
The latest edition of Red Herrings arrived today. It’s the bulletin of the Crime Writers’ Association, or CWA for short. I love that crime writers have a bulletin rather than a newsletter, how appropriate. There are some interesting articles. Anne Penketh has written...
by David West | Feb 24, 2023 | News
Today I finished reading The Young Richelieu. Elizabeth Marvik wrote a magnificent psychoanalytical biography of Cardinal Richelieu, chief advisor to Louis XIII. Having now read her biographies of both men, I feel equipped to move onto the next stage of Book 5 in the...
by David West | Feb 19, 2023 | News
I have reached page 169 of 213 of Young Richelieu, by Elizabeth Marvik. You will remember that I read her biography of Louis XIII last year. Her biography of his prime minister is equally useful. So far I have learnt that Richelieu inherited a sharp legal brain from...
by David West | Feb 16, 2023 | News
We watched episode 1 of The Piano last night on Channel 4. Claudia Winkleman is the host, Lang Lang and Mika are the judges. The format is that a piano is placed in a public place and people can have a go at playing it. Everyone played excellently. I don’t know how...
