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The great Scottish adventure, part 2
Part two of the travelogue in which I discover the limits of Lucy’s walking skills, and also that she is quite happy to push those limits to the max.
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The great Scottish adventure, part 1
It’s been two months since I set off on my great big adventure to the Isle of Skye; two months in which I have tried to find a way to condense all of…
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When I grow up, I want to be a fictional writer
They have it all, don’t they? Writers on TV shows and in films spend their days swanning about, visiting bookshops, eating their bodyweight in muffins…
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Of trails and tales
Walking into 2025
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Answering 8 Questions for Eleanor
This week I had the honour of answering a few questions about writing and SubStack over on the SubStack of one of my favourite writers, Eleanor…
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The Aesthetics of Clutter
I once read a piece about the author Ray Bradbury who talked about how his workspace was filled with objects of all sorts and shapes and sizes. There…
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Running with Dogs
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person who cohabits with a dog must certainly want to go running with her.
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Raising a voice for simple decency
This post is not about art.
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Sitting with thoughts
A rambling piece on what makes an artist an artist
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The Highs and Lows of Life Drawing
I’ve been going through something of a shift in my art practice of late.
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Picking at the Bones of a World
The fictional world in which a story takes place matters.
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Comfort Reading
It’s fair to say I have pretty eclectic tastes.
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