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Out and about

Fearful and Wonderful – in Bury St Edmunds

Posted on 26 October 2018 by admin

Earlier in October, an auction was held at Lacy Scott & Knight auctioneers in Bury St Edmunds. A descendant of Alfred Swaine Taylor’s passed away at t...

Out and about

Interview: Jonathan Goodwin from Don’t Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company

Posted on 7 May 2018 by admin

I’ve been lucky enough to catch Jonathan Goodwin’s one-person shows Murder by Gaslight and Ghost Stories for Christmas. Soon, I’m off to see h...

Books/Out and about

Meet crime authors at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s

Posted on 6 April 2018 by admin

Meet crime authors from across the country at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s on Sunday 15th April from 2pm to 3.30pm. The branch is expanding its Crime Section, ...

Books/History/Out and about

A trip to London

Posted on 9 October 2017 by admin

Having travelled to Rugeley and to Edinburgh in pursuit of Alfred Swaine Taylor for my book Fatal Evidence, it was time to go to London and Kent. He was born in...

Out and about/Writing

A trip to Edinburgh

Posted on 1 October 2017 by admin

I’d wanted to go on holiday to Edinburgh for ages, and was rather pleased that I could combine it with the writing of my book, Fatal Evidence. But what do...

Books/Out and about

A trip to Rugeley

Posted on 24 September 2017 by admin

One of Alfred Swaine Taylor‘s most famous cases was that of William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner. As I live in the West Midlands, Rugeley isn’t all ...

Books/Out and about/Writing

CWA conference – Edinburgh, April 2017

Posted on 3 May 2017 by admin

I need very little excuse to go to Edinburgh. I love it. I love it because it’s got loads of old stuff, it reminds me a bit of Granada (the old town with ...

Out and about/Writing

Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2017

Posted on 30 April 2017 by admin

I’ve been rather busy over the last couple of months, zipping off to the Essex Book Festival for the Criminally Good Afternoon Tea, zooming off to the NEC...

Out and about

Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2017

Posted on 30 March 2017 by admin

It’s a week until Britain’s biggest family history fair, Who Do You Think You Are? Live, kicks off at Birmingham’s NEC. There’s a wealth...

Out and about/Writing

Essex Book Festival’s Criminally Good Afternoon Tea at the Golden Age of Crime Weekend

Posted on 26 March 2017 by admin

In the 1950s, my grandad was a Special Constable, working the streets of Southend-on-Sea. He told me that he’d often be approached (perhaps “set upo...

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