We also had N. Shelley featured for Women's History Month. I couldn't resist creating this timeline from the information I was given....

Having been persuaded by a work colleague to go local for Women's History Month we had displays for local writer, Sylvia Kent and N....

Sylvia and me by Sylvia's display in the library for Women's History Month. Thank you Sylvia for the blog post you wrote about me - here...

Collage illustration by Lisa Horner I decided to go down to my local nature reserve on a whim at three o’clock in the afternoon. I’d been...

A short story When I went to university my aunt gifted me with an antique biro. It was made in 1942, the year she was born. She insisted...

In 2022 I was asked to talk about an existing or past building in Basildon for the Radion Project. I chose Barstable Cottage that stood...

I look back and know my path has been very varied and quite enterprising at times, but not lucrative. I was supported by my husband while...

I am sharing a short and sad story. I have an ultimate aim to one day write a novel or perhaps a children's book. As you know I've...

On Saturday 25th November we had the second launch of the anthology, It Happened in Essex 2 at the Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon....

It Happened in Essex 2 is now out! Buy your copy here on Amazon It’s available in paperback and Kindle, as well as Kindle Unlimited. My...

Larger than life, exuberant and a very happy, family man is how I would describe Aden Hynes. But what brought him to the point that he is...

Doctor Chowdhary's amazing life made such an impression on me that I was inspired to write a story which was based on him and how he...

I'm proud to have an article of mine published in the Essex Life Magazine. When I interviewed Geraldine Evans for my last book, Lost...

Written 03/01/20 YARDLEY LONDON CELEBRATES ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY AS WE REMEMBER YARDLEY'S IN BASILDON YARDLEY London, that legendary...