by Derek | Apr 19, 2020 | Movies, Reviews, The Isolation Diaries, Uncategorized, Writers Life, Writing
Hey there. Hope you’re finding some peace, and that you and your loved ones are well. I’m okay. Better than okay, actually. At the risk of coming over like a certain Messiah-like author who constantly translates his own pain and experiences into universal truths, I...
by Derek | Sep 23, 2019 | Art, Food, Movies, Travel, Writing
I’m writing this on a train trundling to London to meet up with a couple of police officers (one serving and one newly retired). I’ve started the new book and realised that there are a bunch of things I don’t know that I think I really should. So the plan to ‘pants...
by Derek | Aug 26, 2017 | Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hqh7lwaNKw&t=9s I watched Strike a Pose – which is available on Netflix now – twice this week, and cried both times. I found it both heartbreaking AND inspiring, the sadness coming from the idea of people not quite...
