Archive for the ‘Genre’ Category
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
Ukraine elected a comedian president – so what do politicians think of voters?
24 Apr 2019Last Sunday, the voters of Ukraine elected a comedian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the election despite having zero experience of…
How truth-telling in Chicago led to a unique new law
17 Apr 2019Truth-telling in Chicago On February 9th 1982, a man grabbed a Chicago policeman’s gun in the street and shot him…
How to stop innocent people getting shot
02 Mar 2019How to stop innocent people getting shot In his fascinating book on our unconscious instincts, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell starts one chapter…
Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe?
02 Feb 2019What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe? Just this week I heard from my neighbourhood network about…
Word power
10 Jan 2019Word power Last week, I watched a preview of the new movie Vice – a riveting and at times shocking…
They warned us! Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe
05 Dec 2018Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe They warned us. We were making a film for the British car makers British…
Liam Glass gets a BookBub recommendation
14 Nov 2018This week I have exciting news: my novel has landed a prestigious BOOKBUB RECOMMENDATION. They’re putting my debut noir thriller The…
