25Apr

Into Wales for a fantastic crime festival

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I visited Wales for the first time at the weekend, to take part in the Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival in Aberystwyth. And it was absolutely fantastic. I was invited to […]

11Apr

A place in history

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Another excerpt from ‘Dark Heart’, my non-fiction account of the life and subsequent death of the Edinburgh Tolbooth (now out of print). This historic building, of which only brass markers […]

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7Apr

Drawn From Fact part 2

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The desperate man screamed for mercy as he clung to the ironwork while the resolute band below hauled at his legs. But there was no mercy in that room that night.

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5Apr

Drawn from fact

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AN HONOURABLE THIEF, my first historical thriller, is published in paperback by Canelo this week and to mark the occasion I thought I’d share this account of a true life […]

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4Feb

Ten years of making stuff up

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A memory came up on Facebook the other day that kind of brought me up short. Mostly these reminders are good, sometimes not so good. This one made me realise […]

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1Jan

So that’ll be 2022 then

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Personally speaking, (and it’s my website so I’m allowed) 2022 was a year of incredible highs and devastating lows. But that’s life, ain’t it? Ups and downs, peaks and troughs, […]

30Nov

Cross words

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IT was during the 4th Century that Regulus, or St Rule, first came to these shores accompanied by eight hermits, three virgins, two deacons, a priest and a partridge in […]

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4Oct

Riot city

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I saw an article recently about the myths surrounding the famed Battle of George Square in January 1919, basically scotching the well-held belief that tanks and troops were deployed to […]

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5Jun

Research rabbit hole No 1

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I’m reading a lot about 18th century London at the moment because I’m writing the second in my new historical series (the first, An Honourable Thief, will be published by […]

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25Mar

Once Upon a True Crime

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Please join us at the British Library on Wednesday 20 April for the exclusive first look at Crime+Investigation’s new landmark true crime documentary series; Once Upon A True Crime, featuring Britain’s best-known […]

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Into Wales for a fantastic crime festival

A place in history

Drawn From Fact part 2

Drawn from fact

Ten years of making stuff up

So that’ll be 2022 then

Cross words

Riot city

Research rabbit hole No 1

Once Upon a True Crime

Douglas Skelton

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