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Michael’s First Legal Pint

It’s hard to know what to say on a day like today. My nephew Michael would have been 18. After spending the last year writing about him in a fictional sense, it’s difficult to come back to the reality of Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 4 months15/04/2022 ago
Writing

Novel Blog #4: It’s World Book Day and I’ve Finished* Mine!

It’s World Book Day. At least, I hope it is, or I should probably expect a concerned phone call from my kids’ school after they went in dressed as Alice in Wonderland and a Nazgul from Lord of the Rings. Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 6 months03/03/2022 ago
Writing

Novel Blog #3: Milestones, Millstones, the Spectre of Uncertainty and the Destruction of Reality

I’ve just realised it’s been nearly two months since I blogged about my novel progress. It’s funny, over the weeks I’d thought of plenty of things to share about the experience so far (and honestly thought I had), but I Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 8 months06/12/2021 ago
Writing

Novel Blog #2: Long Covid vs Writing

When I decided to plunge naively into attempted professional authordom, I had originally intended to write a weekly blog to report my progress. However, it is only now, at the end of week three that I’ve found the time and Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 11 months24/09/2021 ago
Writing

Novel Blog #1: Distraction, Discipline and Writing in Wagars

It’s been a week since the kids went back to school and I’ve been able to resume my ambition to write a complete novel. It’s a running joke among writers that we are world-class procrastinators easily distracted by- ooh, squirrel! Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 11 months13/09/2021 ago
Lifestyle

When Life Gives You Lemons

Life. We’ve all got one. Until we haven’t. A succession of challenging life events has brought me to a tipping point. The last decade has seen the end of my ambulance career due to back injury, the death of both Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 12 months06/09/2021 ago
Computer and Video Games

How Odyssey Reignited My Passion for Elite Dangerous

This is my personal review of Elite Dangerous Odyssey, and I make no apologies that it is unambiguously positive. For me, Elite Dangerous has been revitalised and revolutionised by the addition of first-person gameplay to what was previously a vehicle-only Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 1 year23/07/2021 ago
Writing

The Shunned

Mallory watched as the man died. He wasn’t as old as his haggard face looked, but his 37-year-old body had been broken by the ravages of their forsaken existence. Each gurgling breath was weaker, less perceptible than the last. His Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 1 year11/07/2021 ago
Healthcare

The Half-Life of Long Covid

It’s been nearly six months since I tested positive to COVID-19. I am still ill. I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with my inability to shake it off, and equally with the understandable misconceptions many people have about the condition, so I Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 1 year23/06/2021 ago
Lifestyle

Press Statement on Behalf of Laura Holyland

Yesterday, Laura Holyland gave brave testimony in Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court in the case against her former husband, Karl, who was found guilty of coercive and controlling behaviour during their marriage and harassment in the subsequent months. It was the Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 1 year18/06/2021 ago

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