I wrote a short story called The Honour of Rome a few years ago about a tribune in the later years of the Roman Republic. I have now published this via Amazon and it is free to read for five days from 26th January to 30th January. It can be downloaded via: US Amazon UK [...]

My University thesis, The Court in English Alliterative Poetry, 1350-1450 is now available as a free download for Kindle for the next five days. I thought I would experiment with the new Kindle Select programme and see what happened! Here’s a link to the UK version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003O86P40 And the US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003O86P40 Incoming search terms:alliterative morte arthure my [...]

From Canto I of Dante’s Inferno: Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. These are the opening lines to Dante’s great poem, and probably the most famous poem of the Middle Ages. What better way to start [...]

I have been having a go at writing a sonnet recently, and really I didn’t know how hard it was going to be. I have had to abandon my first attempt as I realised that I was going to find it difficult to find the right rhymes for each line. Scansion But, undeterred I am [...]

Just to let you know I have posted two poems – not exactly new, as I wrote them a while ago, but new to this site. Hope you enjoy them. I am hoping to add the occasional poem to the site on an ongoing basis. I think that writing poetry is a great way for [...]

Published Fiction Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure 4698 word short story available from Smashwords, and for Kindle from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk A single silent knight armoured in black plate defends a narrow bridge in the hills of Auvergne, blocking the path of a band of desperate English soldiers. On the bank defended by the knight [...]