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Who doesn’t like a good wedding? Personally, I’m okay with a wedding if it’s held at a reasonable time and doesn’t go on too long. A wedding in the UK is usually exactly that sort of affair. But on days like today, when it’s abundantly clear that here in Cyprus, the wedding at the church…
I’m now expanding my book’s sales stores from exclusively Amazon to include the following digital stores: Apple BooksBarnes & NobleKoboScribdSmashwordsTolinoOverDrivebibliothecaBaker & TaylorBorrowBoxVivlio All my books as they are being added over the summer. This process has started and The Brittle Saga Box Set is already on these new stores, so click here to view the…
On the 6th of June 2002, a mid-air explosion occurred in an area between Cyprus, Crete, and Libya. The explosion released energy comparable to a small nuclear weapon. It became known as the Eastern Mediterranean Event and at the time, set alarm bells ringing around the world. The event was during the 2001-2002 India and…
Living in Cyprus, where we experience earthquakes every now and then, you would have expected that in fourteen years I would have noticed one or two. Well, unfortunately (don’t I mean fortunately) that was not the case. I tended to miss them, not once but multiple times, until recently. The last one was while we…
When I die, I want to be hermetically sealed in a see-through coffin, loaded into a capsule, stuck on top of a rocket, and blasted into space. It doesn’t matter which way you point me; I know it will be a long journey. Besides, I’ll be dead, and it will not matter a hoot to…
Addendum: I wrote this piece a few years ago. Since that time, we have had the 2014 referendum, the 2014 Commonwealth games, Brexit, the Covid-19 Pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Oh, and there’s one other thing on the horizon, potentially yet another referendum in Scotland for…
Once upon a time I worked in an Oast House… “What’s an oast house?” I hear you ask. It’s a place used for drying hops, which is a main ingredient in the production of beer. It’s what gives beer its distinctive flavour and is quite smelly when picked from the vine like plant which grows…
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