Life in general

Tenerife’s first sitcom writers?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Life is pretty exciting at the moment. Sometimes it can be a plain bore, a never ending succession of menial features to write, facts to check, chores to avoid and kid’s toys to mend. At the moment though, it’s EXCITING. Sorry, I shouted.
I’m currently awaiting the verdict on a sitcom that I’ve co-written with a […]

Have you got The Nerve?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

In a bold and audacious move, I have signed up to be an executive producer at Nerve TV, the world’s first crowd-sourced media company. All sounds very grand, but what the heck does it mean?
Well, it means I can now bounce around ideas I have for TV programmes with similar like-minded people and industry insiders. It also […]

The Tenerife malaise

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Note to self: You’re 43 years of age, a parent of two toddlers and a professional writer. It’s time you got organised.
Now I know I recently had a rant about the shambolic organisation of the Elton John soiree but I’m putting myself in the stocks here. If you want to throw things at me, please […]

Tenerife travel agents training video!

Friday, October 5th, 2007

What’s it like being a Tenerife travel writer

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

My writing colleagues in the UK often ask “What’s it like being a travel writer in Tenerife?”
Well, like any journalists in Spain will find, it’s got it’s plus and minus points. There’s no arguing that being a travel writer anywhere is a marvellous way to spend your working life, but for me, being a travel […]

Fining the sunbed savers

Friday, August 10th, 2007

There’s very little that’s more annoying than strolling down for a chilled day around a swimming pool and finding that each and every one of the sunbeds has been ‘towel reserved’.
According to a piece in the Guardian, those masters of ice-cream production, the Italians, have taken that crime one stage further and started fining people […]