Writing to a historical theme is something I love to do, so I was eager to compose an entry for a writers’ group competition for a historical short story. There is so much on TV about Henry VIII, and one drama about this period left me with an abiding image of the poet Thomas Whyatt, … Read more
Some years ago, I saw an innovative interpretation of Charles Dickens’ The Railwayman. This story emerged with that as a tangential inspiration, alongside some real history about forbidden love. : THOSE WHO LOVED The familiar thud. The jolting of my body on the brittle, iced grass. It has ever been so, and it hurts so … Read more
The theme “The Clock Strikes” just had to trigger thoughts of the Cinderella fairy story, still one of the most popular for pantomimes. This was the first of my re-workings of Cinderella, which owes a lot to the 1930s country house crime novels of Agatha Christie. : THE CLOCK STRIKES Ella was getting nervous. “When … Read more
