Independent Bookshop Opens Doors to Independent AuthorsFoyles on London’s Charing Cross Road, is playing host to The Indie Author Fair (IAF) on Friday 17th April 2015. Part of the London Book Fair Indie Author Fringe Festival, run by The Alliance of Independent Authors/Indie ReCon, the fair is … [Read more...]
Lunch in Paris and the frustrations of Eurostar delays
On our last day - a Sunday - in Paris this January, Big Sis and I decided to have a long leisurely lunch close to the hotel before our scheduled departure on Eurostar back to London later that same afternoon. The trains had been cancelled the day before due to a lorry fire in the freight tunnel, but … [Read more...]
Tenu – Finnish pop-up restaurant in London
I've been longing for a Finnish restaurant in London and even though Tenu was just a pop-up open for one month in December 2014, it was such a pleasure to see Brits being introduced to the delicacies of my home country. On the night we went, there were a lot of fellow Finns there too, and we spotted … [Read more...]
Six Tips on How to Survive the London Heatwave
London has been baking in a heatwave for weeks now, so I thought I'd share my tips on how to survive the sweltering temperatures both above the ground and in the Tube, which, it was reported this week, had temperatures of over 40C...Wear comfortable clothes. Loose … [Read more...]
David Morrissey and my commute
I do love London, where else would you regularly bump into celebrities on the streets or when commuting on the famous double decker buses or on the (infamous) tube?. Although I'm not really obsessed with famous people, the close proximity of some actors does get my heart beating a little … [Read more...]
Find me in June issue of the Scan Magazine!
I'm delighted to let you know that I'm the blogger of the month in June's issue of the Scan Magazine! The magazine approached me a while back, but because of the challenges of my new post at Finn-Guild, the piece was pushed back a few months. I'm so pleased the article is finally up and it … [Read more...]
A Perfect Holiday Read – Deep Shelter by Oliver Harris
I was first introduced to Oliver Harris by the crime-loving, bookseller extraordinaire, Danny van Emden at West End Lane Books. Danny had been given an advance copy of Harris' first Belsey thriller, The Hollow Man, and began raving about it almost from the very first chapter. (When I … [Read more...]
The Year That Was 2013
2013 has been quite a year for me. I'm not sure I can recall a time when so much happened in a mere twelve months.First of all, I finally took the plunge and published all of my novels on Kindle. After the success of The Englishman (over 2,000 downloads as we speak and counting), I was encouraged to … [Read more...]
Houses of Parliament Open over the Holidays
The Commons ChamberParliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of ParliamentYou may remember that I was raving about a visit to the Houses of Parliament last summer. Well, now there's some very good news. One of London’s most popular … [Read more...]
A Very Swedish Evening with a “Chalmersspex” Show
You know those British traditions, like Pantomime, which is difficult to explain to someone who's never seen one? Well, Chalmersspexet is just like that - you really have to see one to know what it's all about.Photo: Kristofer Norström — with Oliver Carlsson,Oskar Fridell, Johan … [Read more...]
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