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I worked in PR and political communications for over 35 years including 17 years as UK CEO of Weber Shandwick. Now I’m a writer, a Creative Writing MA student and a Visiting Fellow at The University of Greenwich. My views, swearing and Bowie obsession are all, unapologetically, my own.

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John Lanchester’s “The Wall”; part dystopian warning, part contemporary allegory.

(Writing about a dystopian novel seems apt this week – the week in which we are as far in the future from the year 1984 as the year 1984 was when the novel 1984 was first published.) Earlier this month I wrote a short story based on the idea of inter-generational conflict in the near … Continue reading John Lanchester’s “The Wall”; part dystopian warning, part contemporary allegory.

What studying creative writing can teach you about empathy and the opposite of you

One of the simple but effective characterisation exercises we do on my creative writing MA is to write down three unambiguous truths about yourself – and then write down the opposite. So an older dad of five who likes hillwalking, reading and solitude becomes a young, single guy about town who haunts bars and night … Continue reading What studying creative writing can teach you about empathy and the opposite of you

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