I’ve been reading The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker. In The Hero’s journey, he suggests something like – the hero (usually a...

List of different kinds are often recommended as writing prompts. But you will rarely get a list with as much "meat" on it to feed your...

Did you know of Edie Sedgwick? Nor me. But for much of my life I may have known that she “threw the bums a dime” when she was in her...

I read Neil Gaiman's short story Chivalry. I thought, 'I like that word'. I looked it it... The result was an article in the Friend. Easy...

What was - or is - the summer of your life like? (From Evergreen Magazine Summer 2021)

Producer and screenwriter Dominic Minghella tweeted "21 Things I Know About My Father". A great exercise for fleshing out a character, or...

Would I call this poetry? I'm not sure. Would I call it a wonderfully new way of looking at something extraordinarily ordinary? I sure...

I watched Godzilla: King Of The Monsters this morning. Or part of it. Don't judge me. I like something loud in the background when I'm...

A few weeks ago, we visited Eyemouth, on the North Sea coast, for the first time. It was lovely and it was a shame we only had time for...

I listened to part of an episode of Hancock's Half-Hour earlier. So, back in 1955, Hancock goes to the cinema to see a Martin & Lewis...

(Image from Cathay Pacific advertising) - This is a completely random post, inspired by the introduction to a Radio 4 arts program a few...

If you are visiting Dryburgh Abbey, we were told, you must check out the yew tree. Apparently, this tree was planted in the reign of King...

THE OWNER OF THE BOOK ROOM (SECOND HAND BOOKS) IN MELROSE - Guareschi, eh? Good writer! ME - Yeah, I've read all the Don Camillos....

I hear the words, “The first time I tried to kill myself, she checked on all my best friends to see how they were coping,” and I...

“Thank you, gentlemen. If you could drop the cords and step back, please. Mind your feet.” He takes a place back on the grass, right up...