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20/05/2024 0 Comments

I’m delighted my debut book THE GRACE OF A NIGHTINGALE has just won a Finalist Medal from the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for...

24/11/2023 0 Comments

My memoir ‘The Grace of a Nightingale’ is to be preserved in perpetuity within the five most prestigious libraries in the UK and Ireland: The...

07/12/2021 0 Comments

Throughout my life my ‘inner essence’ has often guided my work and career choices. It enabled me to make life changing decisions based...

26/09/2021 0 Comments

The nightingale has totemic significance for me. Not only am I drawn to the symbolism of this bird of love and loss, it is also the name of the...

08/02/2021 0 Comments

At a time when our fellow inhabitants of the earth increasingly depend on our mercy and ingenuity to survive, our default has instead been to kill...

28/10/2020 0 Comments

Autumnal Equinox Yesterday, I watched A proud, defiant sun Rise above the cool, grey sea. I felt the chill of summer’s passing Only briefly, As a...

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21/09/2020 0 Comments

Ten to Seven You might have seen me walking In the company of friends On Dartmoor’s ancient trails. You might have seen us strike a pose For a...

20/08/2020 0 Comments

This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let The wire brush of doubt Scrape...

22/07/2020 0 Comments

Writing your memoir can be exhausting, lonely and confusing. Here are some of the things I found helpful when writing my debut book….The...

26/05/2020 0 Comments

My favourite radio station is BBC Radio 6 specialising in alternative music. A Nightingale Sings Outside Our Window by Erland Cooper is a special...