Films

26/06/2016 2 Comments

My visit to the Aran islands (see last week’s blog) was all about knitting, but there were two more island groups I had to see

01/05/2016 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to draw on my (too many) years as a broadcast journalist to offer some tips on how to make

10/04/2016 2 Comments

I never throw away anything I write. Even if it’s terrible. It’s not just because I am a pack rat and have trouble throwing anything

10/01/2016 7 Comments

I remember as a child being chastised by my teachers for using made up words. If it wasn’t a ‘real’ word, I wasn’t allowed to

06/12/2015 No Comments

On a recent museum trip – I saw images from the Qajar dynasty in Persia – the period from 1795 -1925. The display focused on the

21/06/2015 15 Comments

This week I almost but not quite managed to accidentally on purpose bump into James Bond. I was working at Pinewood movie studios – and