I have spent half of December and most of January doing the programming for CrimeFest so, for anyone who ever wonders what goes into...

A lighter post for the festive period. This one is with apologies to Edward Gorey and his Gashlycrumb Tinies, which I love. This is my...

So, in my previous blog post I left you at the doors of the Glasgow Lock Hospital, with its sign: Treatment, Knowledge, Reformation...

Well, having eased you in gently with a lovely post about cakes and wallpaper colours, I’m now going to talk about syphilis. Buckle up,...

One of my favourite authors is Sarah Waters. She once said that many of her readers have suggested to her that her historical fiction is...

So it's taken a few years, but I finally have a website. Do let me know if there's anything that doesn't work/is annoying/would be better...