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I’d managed to publish three collections of poems alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring… I’d managed to publish three collections of poems alongside my academic career but had been too busy working and caring to build on my achievements. The time I should have devoted to producing academic papers had been spent writing poetry. I managed to publish three colle...

It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it… It simply never occurred to me that I could or ever would become a writer. My working-class roots put it well beyond any horizon of mine. I came to writing late in life, having never for a moment thought I would become a published novelist. It simply never occurred to me that I could or...

It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not… It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether there had been any blood shed, or bones found. It was impossible for me to go into a stately home (a treat for a seven year old) and not enquire whether there had been any blood shed, or bones fou...

As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we… As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where we would eat and sleep. I had no desire for a fictional world. As pilgrims we were captivated by the landscape as it changed around us, concerned with basic facts of where...

There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us. A young couple came in with their baby, only to leave… There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us. A young couple came in with their baby, only to leave after a hushed conversation with the waiters. There was no one in the once-a-monastery-now-a-restaurant but us — maybe the festival had booked the whole...