by David West | Feb 14, 2023 | News
For the thirty-fifth time, I think, Claire and I exchanged Valentine’s Day cards today. Valentine’s Day is a huge industry, worth around $20 billion dollars a year I read, but where does the association of Saint Valentine with lovers come from? From the academic...
by David West | Feb 10, 2023 | News
In my post at the weekend, I said I’d let you know how we got on when we got home. Getting home wasn’t as straightforward as we’d assumed, there was a rail replacement coach service from Reading. I’ll get around to Figaro, but we’ll start with footballers. Blue Harlem...
by David West | Feb 9, 2023 | News
I have posted about my new Electric Vehicle (EV) and had comments from friends about range anxiety, and how hydrogen might be a better solution. Well, a newsletter from ZapMap alerted me to this phenomenal adventure. Chris and Julie Ramsey are planning to set off in...
by David West | Feb 7, 2023 | News
Bridge House published my short story, There Must Be More, in an anthology called Something Hidden. They published it in 2013, and it was the first piece of my fiction to reach the market. Gill James runs Bridge House Publishing. I always enjoy reading her...
by David West | Feb 4, 2023 | News
Claire and I are in London for the weekend, staying in Gray’s Inn, as usual. Gray’s Inn is such a wonderful place, and a setting in The Spy who Sank the Armada, my first historical novel. The main event this weekend is my Christmas present from Claire, tickets for The...
