It’s been wonderful of late to enjoy the Inspector Maigret series of books ; a consummate stylist, Simenon moved the genre on from its...

Until he was almost 70, Camilleri was a minor historical novelist who was better known as a director of Pirandello. He was an author in...

Henning Mankell, who died aged 67,took the existing Swedish tradition of crime writing as a form of left-wing social criticism and gave...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_D%C3%BCrrenmatt The works of the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) combine...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus Perhaps the coolest writer/philosopher of the Twentieth Century (still retaining a mystique...

Undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of all time-a master of the short story (whose stories defy time by still retaining a great...

The Cladder: and other spotlights on an Absurd World: Amazon.co.uk : Hyland, Tony: 9798493645150: Books Great to see the publication...

Enter a whole new world !!!! Afro-Surrealism, is practiced and embodied in music, photography, film, the visual arts and poetry....

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Fabulous to see the launch of the website of my partner in crime , Bodie Stanley, showcasing our collaborative work together : Fairy...

Still arguably the greatest comic writer of all time and one who has the most influence on subsequent humourists .Impossible to even...

Samuel Beckett remains one of the greatest of them all : woefully misunderstood as dour and misanthropic ,he is one of the most...

One of the great geniuses of our age : ‘I May Destroy You’ is a supreme work of Art…Michaela works in her own space and has defined her...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter Undoubtedly one of the greatest Playwrights of all time and he has left a huge footprint...

Another unsung literary hero of mine but one whose influence pervades all comic literature since the start of the Twentieth Century...

Along with Pinter, Joe Orton was the main inspiration behind my wanting to write, indeed, feeling almost compelled to write. One of the...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello This week I wanted to pay tribute to another literary hero- on c e again another...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dwp_i-think-its-about-supporting-people-that-ugcPost-6889213106786983936-n79N Happy to share my...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco This week I just wanted to pay tribute to my primary literary hero-and one many of...

Pleased to say this week’s blog features a very early piece ,written well over 20 years ago ,but published in 2014…’There’s a Party at My...