Shott Stories – Episode 12 Available Now

Hi everyone, Episode 12 is avaliable now and, as you can see above, we’re now on Spotify. Join Cian, Polly, Haydon and I as we invent a character from scratch. Meet Evelyn Wilkins: professional soldier! We’ve got all week now to think of a story to put her in. Maybe you can help. Will it […]

My 15 Minutes – catch me on national television

Hi all, I managed to wheedle my way onto national television this week. Blink and you’ll miss me, literally. Last year, local conservationist Sandi Toksvig was the focus of a Channel 4 documentary series about the work she has been doing restoring some local woodland. She came to our annual parish council assembly (where you […]

Get The Ardenna Crossing free this weekend

Hi all, Letting you know that you can get your (virtual) hands on my debut novel, The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds completely free this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the Kindle version of Paul Armstrong’s story will be free on Amazon. Here is the link… https://amzn.eu/d/2YQiEO7 Happy reading, Richard

Shott Stories – Episode 11 available now

Ivy, Polly, Cian and I take on Cinderella stories today. Join us for the tale of Afri, who escapes a terrible life of modern slavery with the help of a very unexpected ‘Fairy Godmother’. Thank you so much for listening. Send in your ideas and writing to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk and we’ll read it out on the […]

David Lynch

Dear all, I’m posting this again; something I wrote a few years ago, in light of this week’s sad news. I just took part in the 10 minute meditation that happened around the world involving many of us, and now seems like as good a time as any to share this. When I was 14 […]

Shott Stories – Episode 10 out now!

Hi everyone, Episode 10 of our podcast series is now available on Apple podcasts, Amazon podcasts, Podbean and IHeartRadio. Cian, Haydon and I are joined by special guests Daisy and Morgan to help us bring the story of Polykian to a close. It’s a fantasy adventure with a real emotional gut punch at the end. […]

Shott Stories Episode 9 – Help Needed!

Hi all, The latest episode of Shott Stories is live now (link below) and the team really need your help on this one. We’ve delved into the genre of fantasy and done a bit of world-building but we really need a few ideas to help us along when we put the story together next week. […]

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 […]