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WOULD YOU LIKE 3½ BILLION PEOPLE TO KNOW YOUR LEAD CHARACTER?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

“My name is Bond …” If you then blurted out: “James Bond!” then you are one of the three and a half billion people on this planet who are familiar with Ian Fleming’s famous literary creation. Would you like three … Continue reading →

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5 THINGS EVERY WRITER CAN LEARN FROM A DEAD GENIUS

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

You may never have heard of Antoni Gaudi. But if you live in Barcelona you can’t NOT hear about him. The two are inseparable. I can see his masterwork, La Sagrada Familia, from my roof terrace, surrounded by cranes. They … Continue reading →

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MORE SECRETS OF THE STIGMATA

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

  In the Sound of Music the nuns sang ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria?’ It’s more likely the more pressing problem in the Alps around that time was: ‘How do you solve a problem like Therese?’   … Continue reading →

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HISTORY’S MYSTERIES: THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS GHOST SHIP

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

On 4 December 1872, an American brigantine called The Mary Celeste was found drifting unmanned in the Atlantic ocean. The master and crew had vanished. The legend tells of steaming mugs of tea, breakfasts half eaten, a clock turning backwards, … Continue reading →

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IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WYRD

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

You can call me weird. I really don’t mind. In fact if you said I was in the way of the Wyrd, about two thousand years ago, it would have been a huge compliment. It would mean I was – … Continue reading →

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