Abu Nidal (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It is notable that the UK, in slavishly following the 'security advice' of close ally th...

Look, first things first. I've always loved the original cover of my first serious novel, Olives - A Violent Romance , which publish...

My books are now ALL on sale at WH Smith branches across the UAE in paperback. As of now, they're all in stock. I'm reliably inf...

A couple of months ago, I was all 'Brexit, meh', especially when I tried to register to vote in the referendum and was informed ...

I suppose there is, one way and another, quite a bit of drinking in my books. Space , my silly first effort at writing, was originally p...

Birdkill launches on the 1st March - I may have forgotten to mention that? If I did, sorry. This coincides with the first day of the E...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Quick post, just to share that 'Talking of Books' radio show from last week... The podcast is...

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In a little under half an hour, Dubai Eye Radio's 'Talking of Books' program will revie...

Yo ho ho! It's that time of year again. Deranged writer of childrens' books Rachel Hamilton and I shared a table at last year...

This is nice. Produced by vendor to the US military Albert's Gifts, it's a roll of toilet paper inviting you  t o wipe your ar...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Guy Fawkes converted to Catholicism following his Protestant mother's remarriage to a Catholic gentleman...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Cavanagh sighed. ‘No. Go on ahead. What do you want to know?’ ‘It’s about your time as a prison office...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I clearly want to tell the world about A Decent Bomber . This is perfectly natural, it's my latest...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) O’Brien cut in. ‘Tom? Tom? You okay?’ Dunphy’s voice on the radio was tight. ‘We’re coming in....

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Here's a story. Globe-spanning super-airline Qatar Airways started life as a 'labour flight...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia )    ‘You African too, then?’    ‘No.’    ‘And beardy boy out there? Pakistani?’    ‘Is nationality so i...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I have, as you may have noticed, a blog. I also have a number of followers on Twitter, Google+ and a few p...