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Site last updated on May 7th, 2008
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Message Board Hello and welcome to my personal web site. The object of this site is to introduce myself and act as an outlet for my novels, poetry, music reviews and other pieces which I hope will give you some pleasure. I live in the Norfolk village of Hethersett which is in Eastern England. If you enjoy the following pages please visit my other sites. One features the village of Hethersett where I live. They are available by clicking on the links on the right. Latest Additions to the Site Arts Diary 2008 Anybody reading this site will know that I love the arts. So I thought I would start a diary for 2008 running through the films I have watched, television programmes viewed, books read, music listened to and anything else I come across. To access this click here
A Football Blog My great passions in life are football and music. So I have started an occasional blog on football, starting with my visit to Wembley to see England knocked out of Euro 2008. Just what is wrong with the English game? Click here to read. I also write a regular blog on the official Norwich City web site and you can visit this by clicking here. I have also reproduced the blogs on this site and you can read them by clicking here Cricket Writing I am joining forces with a friend of mine to launch a new cricket writing web site in the near future. More details about this will appear here shortly. In the meantime you can read some of my articles that will appear on this site by clicking here A Novel of Sorts I began my working life as a reporter on a weekly newspaper in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Many years ago I decided to write a novel about the life of a cub reporter in a coastal town. Some of the story is based on my own experiences and other parts are simply made up. When sorting through my old papers I came across a rough hand-written draft of the novel. So it is now on my site in rough format ready for some revision and additions. It is accessible by clicking here. Please let me know whether you have enjoyed reading it by leaving a message on my Guestbook or by e-mailing by clicking here. In addition over the years I have started and aborted numerous stories. I am now putting these scraps on the internet and hope to develop them in the future. To read the stories so far click here. Artistic Confusion I love art, music and literature but often get mixed up on who was alive when and who was a contemporary of who. So I have started to create a timeline to help. It can be viewed by clicking here. The Long Walk - March 1986 Recently when rummaging around in my loft I accidentally put my foot through the ceiling. On the plus side I came across a booklet written by local businessman Les King of a charity walk that I took part in from London to Wymondham. I have transcribed the booklet along with my own diary entries. You can read them by clicking here. Ric and the Pirates Whilst working as a reporter in Beccles, Suffolk, I got to know a former pirate radio DJ. I have always been interested in the pirates and what was essentially the birth of modern rock radio. Ric Turton was a DJ on Radio Caroline. I undertook a series of interviews with Rich and eventually transcribed them. Sadly Ric died in 1985, but the interview is a lasting memory of a man who worked under the name of Ric Jonns. You can read the interview by clicking here. It is also available on a fine site about pirate radio that can be accessed by clicking here. My actual interview on the site is available by clicking here My History Over the past few years I have delved into my family tree and also written an autobiography about my life. Bits and pieces have been scattered about the site, but I am now attempting to put them in order to give a full biography. I will be continuing to knock this into shape, but it is available by clicking here Rant Section If like me you hate bad service, have a look here and find out who and what has annoyed me. You might or might not agree. Click here. Book Reviews The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne was my favourite read of 2007. Now it's 2008 and I'm currently reading novels by Marina Lewycka and Ben Elton. To read reviews of books read in 2007 click here. For 2008 reviews click here. For individual authors click here. Music Reviews I am currently building up my music review section, listening to new music and re-visiting some of the greats of the past. Recent reviews include classics The Innocent Age by Dan Fogelberg and Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield and new albums by Ringo Starr, Rufus Wainwright, British Sea Power, Tom Baxter and Peter Cincotti. To read the reviews click here. Village Reporter I am currently Village Correspondent for Hethersett for the daily Norwich Evening News newspaper and the weekly Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury. If you are reading this and have news for either paper I can be e-mailed by clicking here. My Week A short resume of the week as it happens. To see what I mean click here. Published Work I am sorry that they have taken the occupation section out of passports as I have always wanted to put "writer" which really describes what I do now. Sometimes I get paid for writing articles but much of what I do is for free simply through the love of writing. Obviously having spent most of my life as a journalist I have had thousands of stories published. I thought, however, that I would set up a section of this site to reproduce some of the articles I have written and had published in the last few years. To visit these click here Am I The Only One This is where I ask important questions like am I the only person in the world to have a copy of the 45rpm single Geordie Sunday by former England footballer Jackie Charlton. Yes everything that's naff and tacky about my life. Click here Trivia-Trivia More anorak stuff. Eurovision song contests, cult TV shows and more. Just click here to go to the index.
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My Other Sites I also edit and design the following web sites
Read about the village of Hethersett with history and photographs.
Read about Hethersett Athletic Football Club by clicking on the club badge.
Read about our family and its history by clicking on the photograph
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