Once again the weather was glorious for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival held the fourth weekend of July at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate. For those of you who might not know, Old Peculier is a beer brewed in nearby Masham. A few months ago I visited the…
In May I spoke at the Yorkshire Post Literary Lunch at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate, alongside Roy Hattersley, author and former deputy leader of the Labour Party. I had the pleasure of sitting next to the outgoing mayoress. This was the final event she and her husband would attend, after…
Hard to believe it’s almost Easter. I battled through snow and ice to my signings in East Yorkshire last Saturday. The views from the train window made up for the icy blasts. This is the landscape David Hockney has made famous through his fabulous paintings. No vibrant yellows and greens…
