I was last in Aleppo in 2006, to attend the wedding of pal Lena to Koko which took place in the C14th Armenian Orthodox Church in the heart...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) There comes a time when some form of reality has to intrude into writing novels, usually when you feel s...

I've gone and done it again. I couldn't help myself. I've published another collection of 'best of' posts from years...

From 11am tomorrow, Dubai Eye Radio's regular Saturday book programme, Talking of Books , will be featuring Shemlan: A Deadly Traged...

I found a sub-folder in my laptop's big mess of writing folders that contained a tiny snippet of text - an idea I'd jotted down ...

Gerald Lynch blinked at the transition from the late afternoon sunlight to the cool darkness of Aleppo’s covered souk. Wearing jeans a...