#Swanwick69: Thursday
Today is the last full day of the Writers’ Summer School at Swanwick. The last few courses; the AGM; the Dregs Party and the Farewell in the evening. I’m going…
#Swanwick69: Wednesday
Wednesday and we are back to the normal programme. So every hour is timetabled for one topic or another. No relaxing today. And it’s also the last day that the…
#swanwick66: Snippets from Days Three and Four
As the clock ticked around to 9.30 on Monday morning, the screen remained determinedly blank and I realised I wasn’t going to get my presentation to run, I grabbed a pen…
Elizabeth Chats with…Simon Hall
[My guest this month is a broadcaster, a reporter, a novelist, a speaker and an all-round nice guy. I’ve seen Simon Hall present heart-rending reports on BBC Spotlight; enthuse school children…
Swanwick: Scurrilous Rumours and Graphic Murders
A delegate has been caught in bed with one of the lecturers at Swanwick just minutes after an “individual tuition” session. Half the class walked out of the Enticing and…