Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1

Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1 (2)

May 24, 2009 • Category: Featured, Lead Story, Music

Starting a music festival from scratch was one of my wilder projects. Up there with starting The Do-Not Press though knowing next to nothing about book publishing, promoting two tours for Jerry Lee Lewis and writing a textbook on how to write novels – without first having written a novel myself.
My advice to anyone thinking [...]

Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1

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Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1 (2)

Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1

Starting a music festival from scratch was one of my wilder projects. Up there with starting The Do-Not Press though knowing next to nothing about book publishing, promoting two tours for Jerry Lee Lewis and writing a textbook on how to write novels – without first having written a novel myself.
My advice to anyone thinking [...]

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One way to discern a person’s real age is to discover how they feel about mobile phones. If they regard them as an extension of themselves, as an add-on that continues everyday conversation, then they are probably under forty. If, on the other hand, they see them as an intrusion, something that keeps bothering them [...]

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In hindsight, it seemed inevitable that Conservative Boris Johnson would defeat Labour’s Ken Livingstone and be elected Mayor of London.
Although the Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames was initially perceived by some as a joke candidate, in reality Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson had everything going for him. For a start, the media was rabidly [...]

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Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1 (2)

Rhythm Festival: “the best small outdoor music festival in Britain” part 1

Starting a music festival from scratch was one of my wilder projects. Up there with starting The Do-Not Press though knowing next to nothing about book publishing, promoting two tours for Jerry Lee Lewis and writing a textbook on how to write novels – without first having written a novel myself.
My advice to anyone thinking [...]

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Never mind the old cliché that says ‘there’s a novel inside everyone’. It might well be true, but the tricky part is getting it out and on to paper.
After 23 years trying, I think I’ve finally discovered the secrets of writing a novel the easy way.
I’ve served time as publisher, reviewer and writer and [...]