Barry Appleton After some health problems, I decided it was time to shuffle gracefully into the sunset, potter about in the garden for a while, and enjoy the occasional bottle...

You find yourself thinking about families as you wait to catch your flight to Lagos from Heathrow Terminal Five. Watching people milling around proves more interesting than the book in...

Sir Anthony Blunt is as famous today for having a walk on part in The Crown as anything else. The traditional story about him goes something like this: gay art...

Skeletons emerging from the closet is something that I explored in my previous book, INTO THE FIRE , and something that I’ve dived in on again in my latest offering,...

Reunion. It’s a word with the potential to inspire curiosity, anticipation and excitement, or the utmost dread depending on the circumstances and people involved. For many, the lure of old...

Somewhere in the world, an attractive dancer poses in a bathroom mirror and twists her phone so the photograph she takes has the right lighting, the right angle and -...

Research is the most time consuming but also the most important part of my writing process. And to my delighted horror, delving into the world of true crime is an...

As I read the posts, messages, and occasional moans of fellow writers, one question keeps surfacing: how do you get an agent to respond, let alone sign you? I have...

Reykjavík, 30th June 1980 It’s six in the morning. Iceland is bathed in beautiful summer weather. The whole country, those who voted for Védís and those who didn’t, are waking...

You think you’ve had a bad day at work? At least your boss won’t remove your kneecaps if you screw up. And you’ve never had to clean out your industrial...