Month: June 2022

Sexism In Music: Then And Now.

My new book, ‘Martine’, will be out on Kindle in just over two weeks, and it’s partly a tale of the triumph of new love over grief for love lost.  But it’s also a story of the pernicious futility of misogyny and homophobia. Some of my readers will […]

Sofie’s Lisp.

When I was five and first at school, there was a little girl in my class called Jane. I haven’t seen her since I was seven, I wonder what happened to her. But I remember she had a lisp which all the grown-ups thought was absolutely adorable. So […]

Lesbians Rock.

Rock music looms large in my novels, as it always has in my life.  Rock bands are central to my vision of the Saltbury Universe and most of the ones I talk about include lesbian or bi-sexual women.  There’s Debbie Stewart’s ‘Xeroed’ and ‘Aleyse’, and Deb has been […]