Today February 28th 2012  Vice Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell of Manchester University Dame launched my Landmark Poem. Here is   BBC TV news footage  followed by photographic record of the event. The Read more [...]

Fostered, adopted and parentless children are written into the heart body and spirit of  20th and 21st Century culture. They star  in our books films and religions.   Even Jesus had a step-father and Read more [...]

Harry Potter.  Pip in Great Expectations.  Cinderella. Lisbeth Salander in the Steig Larrsons Millenium Series.   Batman.  Lyra Belacqua in Philip Pulman’s Northern Lights . James Bond.   Mary Read more [...]

In the final years and after leaving  the homes I became involved in lobby groups to change “the system”.  But really I was only confirming that what happened really happened. There were others.  Read more [...]

Once locked in an assessment centre, stripped of my clothing,  my every move watched my every minute monitored  I said to one of the staff  “Sir, you’re more institutionalised than we are aren’t Read more [...]

It’s Thursday I’m attending a dinner  at The Clore Ballroom in Southbank Centre. There’s more writers for children  publishers and agents than I’ve ever seen in one room,  from Jaqueline Wilson Read more [...]

There’s everything right with promoting yourself if you’ve got something worth promoting. There’s everything wrong with promoting yourself if you’ve not. The greatest, most long lasting and effective  Read more [...]

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Thanks for looking at this. I write highlights for the record so they're not the  most engaging reading.   Monday. The Imagine Festival at Southbank Centre (Europe’s largest combined arts centre and Read more [...]