Back in a week or two…
Summer is a fleeting thing in England. You have to grasp it before it gets away from you and the long, dark winter months start again. That’s why the posts have dried up recently – I’ve been out and about in…
Good movies
I don’t normally review film on this site, and don’t plan to start. But I rent regularly from Lovefilm.com (for those of you reading in America, it’s a British version of Netflix), and have had a run of several really…
New York, New York
I had a wonderful trip to New York. The book-related reasons to go were to sign copies at the Columbia Alumni Book Fair and to give a speech at the Jack Kerouac Literary Group, both of which went very well.…
London Buses #1
One of the things I love about London is riding the double-decker buses. You see things differently from up there on the top deck. You notice things that you’d miss if you were just walking along the street. For example,…
RIP Pick More Daisies
My favourite cafe in Crouch End, the cafe where I wrote most of my novel On the Holloway Road, has just put up a notice saying it has fallen victim to the credit crunch and closed down. It was a…