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...

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...

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...

My older brother Jos was writing books before I even started, having published several travel guides and articles. The real writer came...

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...

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 ...

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...