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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...

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During WWII, Ian Fleming worked as the personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI). This placed him at the heart of intelligence operations, giving him a strategic overview...

I’ve always loved telling stories. When I was seventeen, my English teacher, Mrs Bain, told me I shouldn’t go to law school but become a writer instead. Delighted, I ran...

An expedition to the mountainous wilderness of British Columbia and encounters with indigenous people in remote outposts inspired my latest novel, Totem – a very different kind of book to...

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I write for two people. That is the entire business plan, and I am aware this would get me escorted out of most business schools by campus security. The first...

Romance is precarious at the best of the times. Will they look like their picture or will it be from ten years ago? Are they interesting or did they use...