David Palin

The pleasure of baking sourdough and and how it compares to the pleasure of writing.

Thoughts on Remembrance Sunday and a poem.

In memory of a friend.

As a writer I appreciate how much a good editor is able to improve my work.

On air on Marlow FM with Mary Flavelle and cartoonist Geoff Motley.

Setting your completed novel aside for a time, can bring a new perspective.

Find out more about my latest work The Wife Before Last.

Yes, for those who notice such things, I know the apostrophe would normally be after the ‘s’, though you could argue that most of us have...

The Poem of the Physicist As I stood upon the land So the sea destroyed the shore And a heart of stone was damned To be sand forever more...