• Personal Favourites

    • Aldeburgh Festival
      I’m a benefactor of Benjamin Britten’s eclectic arts festival, held every June on the luminous Suffolk coast.
    • Archie Shepp
      This great tenor saxophonist (and professor of African-American history) first turned me on to jazz.
    • Rock’s Backpages
      An ever-growing library of the best of rock writing, journalism and criticism. Well worth subscribing to.
    • The Dawn Patrol
      Long-running blog of my good friend, the NY-based writer and self-styled ‘petite powerhouse’ Dawn Eden.

  • Nepotism corner

    • Hedges Creative
      Joe Hedges put together this new site with great affability, efficiency and attention to detail. Visit his company site to see the blend of clarity and elegance that typifies all of his work.
    • Philip Bannister
      Philip painted the exquisite watercolour illustration of my books which graces this site - this is his page at the Illustration agency
    • Justine Stoddart
      As well as portrait photos (including the ones on this site), Justine has a nice line in events, corporate and PR work – check out her portfolio.
    • Piers Gibbon
      Piers is a TV presenter (Channel 5's Headshrinkers Of The Amazon, C4’s Jungle Trip), VO specialist… and my brother-in-law.