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Beach Magic I   Imperfect ~ hair blown over forehead sand caking toes beach magic.   The instruments ~ drift wood relics of usefulness smooth stones balanced by lazy Sorcerers who have [...]

Heated Exchange? Can solar expansion benefit Northern communities?  (for the NCTJ accreditation assessment 22/7/26)   Trampling a hazardous footpath along the third field on my route, I am [...]

Beach Magic II   One day, I will catch a wave that lingers. So cool and warm at the same time, its untemperature mingling my porous skin as a half-lemon hugged by Vodka, or a bubble [...]

When I saw Taylor Swift’s bountiful engagement photo pop up on my phone, I felt a genuine breeze of pleasure. This is no usual response – I’m pretty neutral as to the lives of celebrities and [...]

Above is the trailer for Back to Terra Firma’s regional iteration. You can find the beautiful digital programme for the show’s Theatre503 run, including full cast and production [...]

I’ve returned to the megalith of a play. Or it has returned to me. I couldn’t avoid it much longer without feeling that I’m letting myself down in some way. So much of calling [...]

A year ago this week, I platformed a play of mine called Back to Terra Firma at a cool new writing theatre called Theatre503, in Battersea. Although the play had been gestating for years, (it’s [...]

Photo by Pepe Gavilondo We could all do with a large dose of the primordial – conflicts, cost of living and the lure of attention-grabbing from devices has made the hybrid world a fractious [...]

Let’s lay down a disclaimer from the off – I am not a huge Timothée Chalamet fan. This defence is not coming from a position of studying his cheekbones with lust so much as a looking at one of my [...]

  The sensation of completing the TV pilot is similar to consuming a much-craved ice-cream on a hot day, which considering I’m aiming at moreish television, feels promising. However, I’m [...]