The Shakespeare Soap Opera
Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: The theatre is packed but I am alone. I’m watching the Merry Wives by Shakespeare and am enjoying it.
But I’m not sure how to review it. How do you review a Shakespeare play? Hasn’t it all …
My Book Has a Life of its Own
By Chris Burn
They say you feel most alive at times of great stress and danger. Such as putting on a book promotion event. I sure feel alive today. The Edinburgh Book event at the Serenity Café is imminent and …
Poetry wasn’t my cup of tea.
A Guest Post By Claudiu Revnic.
When I was a teenager poetry and rhymes didn’t appeal unless it was in the form of a heavy guitar riff accompanied by a screaming, angry, disenchanted male voice. Poetry was the stuff of …
On the Road with Madame Bovary
When I was a kid I used to mock the names of the great French authors Gustave Flaubert and Honoré de Balzac. I used to pronounce Flaubert as “Flow Bert” and Balzac as “Balls Ache.” I thought this was really …
Idiot’s Guide to Hiking Boots
This article is for people who are wondering what kind of hiking boots they should get.
My last visit to Scotland was transformed because I took my big hiking boots. They added a lot of bulk and weight to my …
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