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bluecity86
3 days ago4 min read
Sometimes it's good to be in a hole...
In the late 1980s, when I lived in Wood Green and worked at King’s Cross, the underground line I used most was the Piccadilly Line....
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bluecity86
Jan 284 min read
The Court of the Uncrowned King of Limehouse
Those who have read Until the Real Thing Comes Along and When Summer is Gone sometimes ask about Charlie Brown’s pub, which is heavily...
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bluecity86
Jan 214 min read
Addressing a Land of Promise
It is fortunate for me, that the era I choose to write about is well-covered by some wonderful documentary films, as the genre was really...
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bluecity86
Jan 143 min read
It's just a silent film after all.
To write about people in the 1920s and 1930s I attempt to immerse myself in the period as completely as I can. I listen to the music. I...
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bluecity86
Jan 74 min read
Fools Rush In...
When young people buy gifts of music for older people they often assume that if it’s from their era, then they’ll like it. My brother...
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bluecity86
Dec 24, 20244 min read
To See Ourselves...
My older brother Jos was writing books before I even started, having published several travel guides and articles. The real writer came...
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bluecity86
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Destination Cubitt Town
A few readers have been kind enough to comment that the London I have tried to recreate in the first two novels seems real - in the case...
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bluecity86
Nov 25, 20243 min read
People at the Edge of the Night
People at the Edge of the Night My second novel When Summer is Gone is published tomorrow, being the second part of The Likes of Us ...
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bluecity86
Nov 7, 20243 min read
Fighting the Inner Curmudgeon
On social media, my eye is often drawn to old black and white images of familiar places, prompting a sense of nostalgia, often for a time...
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