Dropping a penny

Dropping a penny

I love working with these two: Vanessa Earl and Selwyn Blyth. Selwyn is an accomplished employment lawyer and Vanessa is a brilliant actor with extraordinary empathy and improvisation skills. Together as Pennydrops we have been doing some impactful and...

Interventions and Traps

It was refreshing to start the year with a little personal development as a facilitator, joining an accomplished group of professionals for an illuminating workshop delivered by the brilliant Bella Mehta and Brian Watts from the Association of Facilitators on the...
Is Bolton The Happiest Town on Earth?

Is Bolton The Happiest Town on Earth?

In the 1930s a group of researchers descended on the northern mill town of Bolton – my native town – to observe the natives. They christened their chosen case-study ‘Worktown’. It was a ground breaking study of working class culture – and...
Jake Sawyer Crime Thrillers

Jake Sawyer Crime Thrillers

Thrilled to be reading a great new series set in the northern Peak District, written by Andrew Lowe.  Jake Sawyer is a detective, formerly with the metropolitan police, drawn back to his roots by a new job and a personal mystery that haunts him.  The writing is tense...
Quantum of Cat

Quantum of Cat

I was delighted to make contact recently with a local author in Mortimer.   Steve Grant is the author of the comic fantasy series The Fool’s Journey. Please check out his work. Here is my recording of one of Steve’s short stories: A Quantum of Cat. 14...
Fire on the Fells

Fire on the Fells

The second in Cath Staincliffe’s beautifully written thrillers is out today on Audible. I’m narrating the character of Leo.  The first book The Fells was released last year. Here’s some of the well-deserved publicity blurb for Cath’s writing!...