My new travel book on Nepal

by | 20 Mar, 2020 | Reviews

Here’s the press release for my new travel book: Escape the virus (at least for a few hours) with Rupert Wolfe Murray’s new travel book: Himalayan Bus Plunge — And other stories from Nepal. In his introduction to Wolfe Murray’s first travel book, Alexander...
1917: I was there

1917: I was there

by | 10 Jan, 2020 | Reviews

I’m utterly engrossed in the film 1917, but I also need a pee. I wait for a quiet moment and dash across the cinema. Where am I? Emotionally I’m in the trenches. But I can see the low lights and dingy carpets of a modern cinema. But it could be anywhere: Romania?...
When Joseph Beuys met Jimmy Boyle

When Joseph Beuys met Jimmy Boyle

by | 28 Sep, 2019 | Opinions, Reviews

If a great artist met a convicted murderer I wouldn’t expect much to come of it. In most cases, I assume, nothing more than an ordinary conversation would happen for the simple reason that the prisoner wouldn’t be open to the artist. The prisoner might view the artist...

My new fairy tale

by | 15 Feb, 2019 | Reviews

I’ve just published a new fairy tale and it’s called The Wind and the Castle. It was inspired by the strange fairy tales of Hermann Hesse. It’s my first eBook and putting it together was a scary adventure as an inner voice kept saying “you can’t do this.” Fortunately...
Zappa and I

Zappa and I

by | 14 Jan, 2017 | Reviews

I am spending January in a cottage in the Netherlands, volunteering for one of the most impressive NGOs I’ve come across (Against Child Trafficking) and listening to Zappa. I’m living alone and enjoying it so much that it almost makes me feel guilty....