MOST RECENT
September 2013
On Friday 27th I had a lovely chat with the fabulous Russell Walker at BBC Radio York in advance of the Harrogate Festival of History next month.
I normally hate these things, but this is one of those relaxed shows that's not about promotion but actually about 'getting to know' a person. I had to pick three pieces of music that are particularly important to me, and the discussion started from there...
If you missed it, it'll be on BBC iPlayer for the next 7 days, and you can listen to it here. My stuff begins halfway through the show, at about 2.03 - but Russell Walker is so enjoyable to listen to I'd recommend playing the whole thing. Fridays may never be the same again...
RADIO
May 9th 2012 - My interview on the Nick Coffer show for BBC Three Counties Radio is on BBC i-Player, and will be available here for another 7 days.
We're talking about the Crimean War, Into the Valley of Death - and EastEnders...
My one appalling foray into acting! EastEnders for Comic Relief!
PODCASTS
War and Fighting for Penguin
Working in the Media for Penguin
Historical Fiction Roundtable for Penguin
BLOGS
'The Odessa Massacre, and why historians should be studying Ukraine'
'Zulu - the Greatest Historical Novel There Never Was'
'Christmas: Ritual and Remembrance'
The Home Boy who went to live with the Indians
Spooky: Serendipity and Historical Fiction
Time Travel and the Unknown Hero
Richard III and Other Dead Kings
War and the Spirit of Christmas
Mary Seacole: The Black and White of History'
To Thee or Not to Thee: Historical Language
To Catch the Moon in your Teeth: The Grand Condé
History in my Hand: The Beauty of Books
In Praise of Tommy Atkins - The importance of the British private soldier
Who Blundered? The Mystery of the Charge of the Light Brigade
Blaming the Brave: The Forgotten War in the Crimea
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman? Women writing about war
Whether Weather Matters - to a historical writer
Living with History - or a historian
'What it says on the Sheet' - historical facts that aren't facts at all
'Outside the Frame' - historical photographs
'Sound and Silence' - The use of sound in historical writing
'Richelieu's Face' - the morality of writing about real people
Guest Blogs
'The British Memorial in
Crimea' on Mark Simner's British Military History
'Worthy Causes of the Crimean Kind' - on Gentlemen and Tarpaulins
The inspiration behind 'In the Valley
of Death' - on Royalty Free Fiction
Writer's Choice on Nicholas Nickleby - for normblog
'Historical and Fantasy: Two Sides of a Coin?' for the Falcata Times.
'Why Wikileaks should matter to writers' for
AbsoluteWrite.com
INTERVIEWS
May 2012 - On 'Into the Valley of Death' for the St Albans and Harpenden Review:
You can read it online here.
On writing historical fiction at Edi's Book Lighthouse
Q and A with Parmenion Books
'Time Traveller' on the Historvius website, talking about historic sites round the world - and my affection for Richard III.
On writing and history at the Falcata Times
On writing for WriteWords
On my time at EastEnders for the Walford Web
ARTICLES
'Skirmish Magazine' Issue 95 - 'Re-enactment and Historical Fiction'
'The War Correspondent' April 2012 - 'Where Angels Fear To Tread'
Mail on Sunday - My EastEnders stalker
Daily Express - More on the
EastEnders stalker