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

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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Mobile Telephony (0)

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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Boris Johnson is Mayor of London. Yippee!/The End is Nigh* (*delete as applicable) (0)

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)

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 [...]

• Seasick Steve and Key Lime Pie
• Life As An Out-Of-The Loop Music Promoter (Part 1)

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Write A Novel The Easy Way (0)

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 [...]