Chieftanomics

Violence was in the air as the Malian elder and his strongest tribesman crossed the River Moa by canoe. Waiting on Tiwai Island were dozens of Sierra Leonean fishermen, seething with anger. The Malians had paddled through two countries to Sierra Leone, lured by the...

The Napoleon Complex – complete!

So, I have finished my second novel. I say second – it’s actually the fourth I’ve written, including the two unpublished thrillers I wrote while trying to develop my craft to the point where it was any way readable. But this is only second of my...

Book launch!

A few photos from the launch of Foretold by Thunder, at the enchanting Daunts Books in Chelsea. The bash was immediately succeeded by several days of astonishing lightning storms across the country, which led a complete stranger to pen the immortal tweet: “I...

Drinking bleach… not great.

I was reminded during our investigation of the self-proclaimed ‘church’ which prescribes bleach for almost every illness that sometimes the most harmful people are those convinced of their own righteousness. Members of this sect have been promoting two...