Remarkable Wrexham
You could say Wrexham has an A-list aura about it at the moment. This Welsh border conurbation used to be North Wales’s largest town until the Queen gave it city …
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Photography for Writers – Swanwick 2023 – August
Date: Wednesday 9th August 2023Time: 2.15pm to 3.15pmVenue: Swanwick Writers Summer School at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, DerbyshireBooking/Cost: These workshops are part of the 5-day Writers Summer School conference. …
Writing and Selling Travel Articles – Swanwick 2023 – August
Date: Wednesday 9th August 2023Time: 9.30am to 10.30am AND 11.15am to 12.15pmVenue: Swanwick Writers Summer School at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, DerbyshireBooking/Cost: These workshops are part of the 5-day …
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop – 2nd July 2023 – Evesham Festival of Words
Date: 2nd July 2023Time: 10.30am to 12.30pmVenue: Hampton Community Hall, Pershore Road, Evesham. WR11 2PQBooking/Price: £15 (via Evesham Festival of Words Website) After delivering a travel writing workshop in 2022, …
Beautiful Bewdley
“There’s a giraffe, Granddad!” An excited six-year-old girl bounces up and down on her seat as she points out of the train window. Granddad buries his nose in his weekend …
Snapper Simon Soundcheck!
It’s funny how these things work sometimes. I was on Twitter (one of many procrastination moments of the day) when a follower pointed out that I had an Editor’s Pick …
Herefordshire’s Haunted Borderlands
If you check out the February 2023 issue if Country Walking magazine, you’ll see my route from Kington up onto Hergest Ridge (and back) is this month’s Classic walking route. …
KISS: Keep It Simple Self-publishing
Self-publishing your first book in 2023? Simon Whaley suggests a ten-kiss plan to keeping it simple. Could 2023 be the year you self-publish your first book? As technology advances, self-publishing …
Foggy Snapper
It’s been foggy here in the Welsh Borders for several days now. It always makes it difficult to know what to photograph, but this bench seemed the perfect place to …