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Bullet
The Imperial War Museum North in Greater Manchester is running a Don McCullin retrospective to mark his 75th birthday. You can read about it here http://bit.ly/crvwPY and admire some…
Crumbs of comfort
Shand MacEwan, Scotland’s favourite old poet, looked up from his word processor and turned clumsily in his seat. A stroke had left him weak and barely mobile down the left…
Tax and Spend
It’s an increasingly hectic week in the run-up to Monday’s launch, and I have been spending a couple of days off this week on publicity, lining up readings to follow…
Haiti - the longer view
Several years ago when I worked for Save the Children (UK) as their representative in the Caribbean I spent large periods of time in Haiti. It was a fascinating, intriguing…
Prepare for launch…
No sooner have I recovered from New Year than I am now back at work and facing my book launch in less than a month. 2010 will be a busy…