Two go to an event

9 Jun 20219 Jun 2021

This title doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But actually, it was a lot more special than it sounds - because this was the first event we'd been to in…

Two drive through a lake

22 Dec 2020

We discovered at the weekend that Rheged was open again. This is a venue near Penrith which has a few posh shops, a cafe doing artisan food, a cinema, and…

Win December Roses

1 Dec 2020

If you'd like a chance of winning a free digital copy of December Roses (in December, no less) then why not try your hand at the Talking RoMMance with a…

Win free books!

28 Jun 2020

A few days ago I promised more details on the Virtual Gay Pride Fest I'll be taking part in, in just under a week's time. Well, here they are! On…

Virtual Gay Pride Fest

16 Jun 202016 Jun 2020

I'm popping in with some advance warning (so there's plenty of time for you all to pack your bags and leave Earth): on Saturday 4th July I'll be taking part…

Swallows & Armenians

5 Mar 2020

One of my favourite books as a child was Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows & Amazons'. I loved the descriptions of the Lake District, and the sheer adventure of it all -…

Two get hailed on in Keswick

24 Feb 2020

We'd booked to go on a 'dark skies' event in Keswick on Saturday but it was cancelled on the day due to the terrible weather, flooding and state of the…

Fox Spirit helping Australian fire charities

13 Jan 202013 Jan 2020

All this week, my publisher Fox Spirit Books is donating every last scrap of profit from the sale of books by two of their authors, Joyce Chng and J. Damask,…

An exhibition a month

10 Jan 2020

There's a nice list of exhibitions to visit during the year over on the hisdoryan website - which has even been neatly divided up so it features one event per…

Elephant Sessions

13 Dec 201913 Dec 2019

We had a real treat last night, thanks to this five-piece band from Inverness, who were making their first appearance at the Old Laundry Theatre in Bowness. The group is…