I was lucky enough to have an article published in The Loyalist Gazette some time ago - an investigation into the dynamics behind the mutiny at Fort George in 1803.

I’ve been taking stock of what I’ve made over the past year and, quietly, I’ve started releasing it. A series of short works - stories, reflections, fragments - now sit out in the world under my name, gathered in one place on my Amazon author page. This isn’t a launch in the traditional sense. There’s no campaign, no push for attention. Just a decision: to stop holding things back and let the work stand on its own. It’s a shift for me. For a long time, creativity has sat a

We are taught to wipe the mud from our shoes before we come inside. Over time, I think I’ve realised that I’ve spent a lot of my life doing exactly that; trying to clean myself up before I enter a room, before I speak, before I share anything of myself. Muddy Feet  came from noticing that. Most of the poems in this collection weren’t written carefully or strategically. They arrived quickly; in the early morning, in moments of discomfort, in small observations of the world ou

International Women's Day 2026 - a short poem written this morning.

Public procurement in Government doesn’t just purchase products, services and projects - over time it has the capability to compound its effects, strengthening our economy, or quietly eroding it. I’ve been exploring this dynamic as a simple systems model: The Public Procurement Helix. The traditional cycle of ‘Spend > Deliver > Review’ maintains a status quo. Lowest cost procurement can put pressure on suppliers, and communities, as quality drops. A strategic procurement appr

In 1943, four boys stumbled on a skeleton hidden in a hollow in a Wych Elm near Stourbridge, England. The identity of the skeleton and the circumstances of its concealment were never uncovered, but in 1944 a piece of graffiti was daubed on a nearby monument ‘Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm’. Under the pen-name Corvin Belkor, I’ve imagined a solution to the mystery, writing a fictional story that weaves wartime trauma, the idealising of youth, and the recurring presence of the

Writing under the Nom de Plume 'Corvin Belkor', I recently published 'The Final Breath' as an epub. It's available online at bookmundo: http://publishnl.bookmundo.com/books/22039027 In an imagining of the final days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, a letter arrives bearing a name long believed dead. Drawn back to Baltimore, Poe is ushered into a secret society that believes breath is older than language, and that writing can give form to what should remain silent. Asked not merel

My story ‘Solas: A Memory Of The Sun’ was judged as overall winner of the Clima Renewables ’ “Power of the Sun” story competition. At under 2,000 words, this gentle prehistoric fable set in Guernsey’s ancient past follows the discovery and passing-on of solar warmth across three generations, blending emotional depth with a timeless story of curiosity, care, and human connection to the natural world.

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