What’s new in Napoli
It seems the politicians of Naples want to make the same mistake they made in Glasgow. The Neapolitans want to forbid the hanging of washing on lines that stretch across the street, not to please […]
Tag: Scottish History
O Solo Meow
At a meeting this morning I was reminded of songs the kind of which they don’t write anymore. Songs that were classics and deserve to be remembered along with the great operatic arias like Oh, […]
Bees in my Bonnet / Books / Bubbles in the Cauldron / Character Development / Fergus Findlay: Drover / Sullatober Dalton
Like a Highland Bull
Held a Meet the Authors morning at the local library with my friend Val Hughes, who writes childrens’ stories, paints and writes poetry, a busy lady who always has time for others. It wasn’t as […]
Bees in my Bonnet / Books / Character Development / Short Story / Stuarts / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
Talking about the Stuarts
What I want to do next is to finish the Fergus Findlay, Drover trilogy, then follow Miss Kirkwood through to her retirement and becoming the Cairndhu matriarch. It takes Peggy through the lean thirties and […]
Superteen and the Cat Girl
I’ve added a short story to the pages. The story won a third prize in the Writers’ Forum magazine so I’m quite pleased with it. I have also had printed, through Kindle, three novels; What […]
Apathetic
I read recently that winning the battle at Prestonpans gave the Jacobites military control of Scotland. In other words, 5000 Highlanders could dictate to the whole of Scotland on pain of being slaughtered and their […]
Thistledown
I’m closing in on the Jacobites but had to stop to finish the rewrite and publishing of Thistledown, a novel set in the Highlands of Scotland in the years just after Waterloo. I was first […]
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The Lowlanders outlook at Culloden
I want to write about the Stuarts from their victim’s point of view and Culloden is a good place to start. A great deal has been written on Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders, all […]
Culloden Glory
Why Bonnie Prince Charlie had to fight Culloden.
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Relief
I had a conversation with someone who was giving a talk on Jacobite uprisings and Bonnie Prince Charlie’s amazing escape. When I suggested maybe the British Navy didn’t want to catch him and were relieved […]
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