The difference between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’. (Yes, there is one)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A few years ago I was reading a pedant’s thread on a forum and along with all the usual rantsContinue Reading
Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing
Reading Time: 5 minutes The OU’s Advanced Creative Writing (A363) course ended in May. Or was it June? I can’t remember. Either way, IContinue Reading
White Rabbit: Are you sitting comfortably
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last night (as you’ll know if you are a friend on Facebook or following me on Twitter where I haveContinue Reading
Flash fiction: Hunger
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hunger ‘Spare some change please?’ There’s a young bloke, maybe twenty-five or so, miserable as fuck, sitting on the pavementContinue Reading
Bagel poem (in a bagel shape)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bagel poem in a bagel shape. I felt so proud of myself for creating this. I may not beContinue Reading
Review: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
Reading Time: 3 minutes I read James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces quite a few years ago, long before The Smoking Gun outed himContinue Reading
Maidstone Book Club: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Reading Time: 2 minutes After reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby for last month’s book club, this month we met up toContinue Reading
OU A215 Creative Writing Day School in Tunbridge Wells
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m a bit late posting this, but I’ve been busy working (shock, horror) and then I’ve been too knackered inContinue Reading
Maidstone Book Club: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Reading Time: 2 minutes Because I’m such a Billy-no-mates and don’t have anyone to go to the pub with, I put out a coupleContinue Reading
The Ode Less Travelled
Reading Time: 2 minutes We cover poetry in A215 and although that’s not until the New Year, The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen FryContinue Reading