Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Short Story Award in 2022 and 2023.

‘There are no ordinary cats,’ Colette, the French writer once wrote. My new collection of collection of poems celebrates the...

Frustrated by trying to decide which story should feature on the Hannah More website, this month, I immersed myself in a spot of...

This week, the words of Joni Mitchell’s famous protest song were made real, when a follower on Twitter made an impassioned plea for...

The cold dark nights are going to be with us for a while yet, so why not enjoy a story before bedtime? I am continuing to work on my...

In the days before Netflix, the night before Christmas was traditionally the time for family entertainment of a different kind. Everyone...

We all associate pumpkins, broomsticks and black cats with Halloween, but I must confess to finding pure white cats as mystical and...

I am exploring the idea putting together of a collection of poems, entitled, ‘A Book of Accidental Cats’. Well, after all, ‘Old Possum’s...

I love language which, at first glance, makes no sense, but which captures a feeling or an image more effectively that a conventional...

I have a confession to make: the Red Skye did not sail off into the sunset, but instead sank in Lydney Harbour in January 2017. Years of...

After one of the longest periods of settled weather for many years, the rain arrived today. As a gardener, I was delighted that it...