by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
A few months ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, and one of the acts I mentioned was Slade. I did see them more than once, and felt there was more to add. When I saw them, it was the early 1980s, some years after their heyday as, allegedly, part of...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 18, 2019 | Carrion, Publishing, Writing |
Never done this before. Not sure I should be doing it now, to be honest. But, in a moment of madness, yesterday I went public with the cover for my next book (I know – it’s been a long time coming…). The reason I have a doubt about whether to do it...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Events, Meetings |
About every 5 months, a gathering occurs in a hotel in Stoke-on-Trent. On the face of it, not the most obvious place in the world to meet, but it seems well connected in terms of roads and rail – and the hotel is just opposite the train station. The people who show...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 7, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
Some time back, I wrote about the first time I saw Thin Lizzy when the original headliners were supposed to be Ultravox. It was a year later, 1982, before I finally got to see the band I was supposed to. In 1981, their biggest hit, Vienna, was cheated of a number one...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 3, 2019 | Book Reviews, Literary Festivals |
I went to the Harrogate Crime Festival this summer. It was my second time there, though the first had been little more than a recce – a long afternoon in sunshine and mixing with authors, book bloggers and crime fans generally. This year’s visit was slightly more...
