A warm welcome

Hello and welcome to my website. Here you will find some details about me, my books and some blogs.

walking-sherlock-holmes

Currently, I am very excited to be working on a book about one of my boyhood heroes, the incomparable Sherlock Holmes. This has involved reading all of the stories yet again but they seem as fresh as ever to me. Here is the cover which, unusually, was designed at the beginning of the process by a talented designer called Paul Wilkinson. The photos are by myself and my six times co-author and friend, Daniel Tink. I hope to have it ready by the end of 2020 and it will be released by Pen and Sword (History). Ltd.

Featured Books

Norwich and Norfolk – Stone Age to the Great War

This is the first study yet published to trace the history of Norwich and Norfolk from the time of earliest life to the outbreak of the First World War.

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Norfolk at War 1939-45

A year-on-year account of the war at home and overseas as it affected Norfolk 1939-45. It is illustrated with 300 pictures, charts and diagrams.

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Norfolk - Exploring the Land of Wide Skies

In this superb book two locals set out to explore the county through words and photographs in order to bring to the reader, be they local or visitor, the best places in Norfolk to investigate for themselves. There’s no other place like it, and no other book quite like this one.

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The Peddars Way and North Norfolk Coast Path

This is a walks book with a difference. A guide that is both useful and entertaining – a book the reader can refer to before starting out to decide which part of the trail to follow, something to take with them on a longer walk, or to sit back with on their return to remind them of all they have seen.

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Public Talks

I regularly give illustrated talks on both world wars as they affected Norfolk and on Charles Dickens to local history and literature groups, libraries and clubs of various kinds. If you would like to contact me about giving a talk to your group, please use the ‘Contact Me’ feature of this website and I will be delighted to get back to you immediately.

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