Flannery O’Connor is a name that, fortunately, I see and hear often. When leafing through the latest ‘definitive’ Greatest Books of All...

Southern literary legend Flannery O’Connor has been included amongst the greats of American letters honoured in The American Poets Corner...

2014 is certainly proving to be kind to Tennessee Williams fans on this side of the Atlantic. This week a successful run of Williams’...

It’s hard to believe that today marks 9 years since hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast with devastating impact; sweeping violently...

New Orleans’ French Quarter - the Vieux Carre (deliciously pronounced ‘Voo Carray’ by the locals) is peppered with literary landmarks,...

Welcome to my new website. After a successful first two years at mockingbird media I decided a place was needed to collate my writing; an...

Last weekend, as well as the obligatory Bank Holiday DIY (painting the bedroom, in case you’re interested) I managed to fit in a bit of...

This week Baz Luhrmann’s bold, bright and brash re-working of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby bursts on to cinema...

Being a self-confessed travel addict doesn’t always manifest itself in an uncontrollable urge to dash, passport in hand, to the nearest...

I hate to start this post with a cliché about the climate here in New Orleans, but it has to be said. It is HOT. It’s not just me that...