Is December the cruellest month?

A look at the cruelties December can bring and why we remember them more than at any other time of the year.

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Capturing the zeitgeist in Cornwall

A week off in a cottage in Cornwall, during which I would realise my dream of becoming a proper writer. Except I didn't.

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Walking just to be alive again

A long winter's walk - like the ones Michael Morrison, the author in my novel, takes around Bradford - brought back many memories and made me realise why talking about the past is so important.

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