Thunder Road

I entered journalism with a naive Crusader Rabbit-style ambition to change the world.

I don’t read poetry often these days, partly because I think it demands a stillness of time, place and mind that is rare for me.

I generally aim to spend an hour or so on my pushbike before I hit the laptop for a writing session. Why?

If you’re just trying to create a character that looks good on a lunch box - and then joining the dots to make a story - you’re way off the mark.