Ardenna Crossing 2 Update – First Draft Complete

Hi all, After a long, long slog, nearly six years since I wrote the first lines of this sequel, I’m very pleased to say that the first draft is done and the next stage is here. The Ardenna Crossing: A Thousand White Fragments Paul and the crew of the Ardenna have been taken through the […]

Shott Stories – Episode 8 out now

Dear All, The latest episode of Shott Stories is available now. Cian, Ivy, Polly and Haydon join me to finish off the story of Jessica Law and her battle with the Aztec god of the wind: Ehecatl. Will she survive? Will we manage to shoehorn any references to Christmas into our Christmas horror story? you’ll […]

Colonel Percy Fawcett – Adventurer or Pretender?

This is something of a departure from my usual subject matter. However; when I came across this gentleman’s life story as part of a planning session at school, I felt I had to look a little more deeply and share it with people. I had never heard of him before but it turns out that […]

Shott Stories – Episode 7

Hi all, Episode 7 – The Shadow Stalker (Part 1) The whole team is here for the first part of a festive double episode where we tackle the horror genre. Introducing super famous actor, Jessica Law. Currently on location in Mexico filming a science fiction blockbuster, she’s about to step into dangerous territory and disturb […]

Shott Stories – New Episode

Tune in for a new episode of Shott Stories where we invent a bildungsroman about Victorian orphan Jack Ford. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-5-jack-fords-great-bildungsroman-part-1/id1776137137?i=1000678288153 Enjoy Richard

Shott Stories – new podcast available now!!

Hello everyone, I’m really pleased to announce a new project I’ve been doing at school. We have our own podcast called ‘Shott Stories’. Here are some details. Grayshott CE Primary School Launches Weekly Podcast: Shott Stories Grayshott, Hampshire – Grayshott CE Primary School is proud to announce the launch of its innovative new podcast, Shott Stories, a […]

A Couple of Random poems

I happened to have a bit of time and came up with these. Lacking inspiration, I chose random words out of books on a shelf, wrote them down on lines one under the other, then made lines out of each them. This was the result. I’ve HIGHLIGHTED the individual words that I started with: don’t […]

Why I Love Twin Peaks

Hi everyone, I did this show as part of a series that my good friend Frank is running his YouTube channel, diving into our love for all things Twin Peaks. It was great to have a chat about it. Subscribe to his channel and you’ll see some more great content that he’s putting out. Cheers […]

Live Performance in Staines – 12 November

Hi all, I’ll be in Staines on the evening of 12th November performing one of my poems at the Laureate’s Lounge Open Mic event. Details are below. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0afgjPfG31wemg8t1DUS4qRvikbhzJs2JGZdMVzFr5YobbyVdySNHhwVyZdGW4rAbl&id=61558521552784 Use the link above to find tickets. General admission is free I think. Hope to see some of you there. Cheers, Richard

Threads – haikus in response

Watched Threads over several nights this week. My God, how awful. I don’t think I’ve even seen anything so bleak in my life. Just watching it and not having anyone to hope for get invested in because you just know they don’t have a chance. If it ever comes to this, I think I’d rather […]