A great autobiography – Seven Pillars of Wisdom

A great autobiography – Seven Pillars of Wisdom

My next favourite book is Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E Lawrence. My father fought in WWII, firstly in the Western Desert. His officers had told him that it was the greatest book written about desert warfare. One day I must get around to recording my father’s...
Creative Writing – The Seven Basic Plots

Creative Writing – The Seven Basic Plots

I’m going to go non fiction next, with The Seven Basic Plots: why we tell stories, by Christopher Booker. I had just begun the Open University’s creative writing course. My first assignment had been a short story which remains one of my wife’s favourites. However my...