by John | Oct 30, 2023 | News
All Hallows E’en is also called Halloween All Hallows E’en is the eve of All Saints Day, 1st November. For some, there are stronger links with an old Celtic festival, Samhain. Why keep All Hallows E-en? Perhaps you just need an excuse for a party or you...
by John | Oct 19, 2023 | News
Breaking the law in fiction Breaking the law creates plots for novels. I write about people who solve crimes and bring the criminals to justice and have written about real and fictitious police heroes. Most novelists let their principal characters break the law in a...
by John | Sep 16, 2023 | News
Redheads are rarely in the news, but… Redheads don’t get much publicity. However some politicians, such as Kemi Badenoch, sometimes try to drag then into the culture wars (on which I have written before). When anyone asks for parliament to give some...
by John | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Computer logic is always right, isn’t it? Computer logic is built in by design and isn’t fallible like human brains, they say. That is their strength. You can rely on your computer to give the right answer to any mathematical or logical question –...
by John | Aug 17, 2023 | News
Detectives are always police officers, aren’t they? Detectives in the UK are part of the police force. They have to have served a term on the beat before moving into CID. It is probably the same in most countries. How else could it be? Other detectives exist...
by John | Aug 11, 2023 | News
IT Jargon or Computerspeak affects us all IT Jargon, also known as computerspeak, technical terminology or gobbledegook, baffles you when you try to understand what IT experts are saying. In my novel, Accounting for Murder, Double Entry, my hero encounters other...
