David Palin

In memory of a friend.

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...

…grieved for my father. Before anyone recoils in shock, I should point out that this only became apparent to me very recently during an...

I wrote in a short story that I wished my life could always be September, when the embers of a dying season wisp and glow. I think I had...

I went for a long walk across the local farmland this evening. The harvest has been collected and the fields are being prepared...

I woke up some time between 5 – 6 a.m. today after sleeping really poorly. It struck me what a strange, rather emotional time of day that...

It has been surreal for me to watch the change in the London skyline of late. In my second novella – ‘In the Laptops of the Gods’ –...

…but unlike Parliament, does the nose have it too? Or the mouth, for that matter? Okay, what I’m really asking here is whether the...

Pre-COVID I ran a book club. Hopefully we will soon all meet again. We tried Zoom and soon realized it was a waste of time. Anyone who...

Well, why do we say hello? More than ever in these times of long, solitary walks, the greeting to a relative stranger is perhaps an...

I was travelling on the Tube yesterday to see a customer, when I noticed the lady sitting opposite me was starting to look very upset...

Just finished this weekend watching the brilliant adaptation of the above on the TV. Ah, I wonder whether, one day, the words Based on...

I think I gained some insight into this condition yesterday. I suppose its definition is nebulous at best and, like most things that...

One of my first posts on here (see below) was about my mother, who had recently passed away. Today is the two year anniversary. At the...

I read an article recently which stated it takes c.15 minutes to publish an eBook on Amazon Kindle…and so it might, if we’re just talking...

OK, I have taken the plunge, given up the day job and decided to try pursuing my writing career. So here I stand in a place with no...

I  was saddened to read in today’s Observer newspaper that the character or Berlin’s old Mitte district seems to be changing – becoming...

So, I’m a sports nut and can’t let today pass without celebrating England’s brilliant test victory in Melbourne. That happy band...

Snow is a bit like old age, isn’t it? You know it’s coming, but there’s stuff-all you can do about it as it slows everything down, or...

Anyone who has a copy of my first book – For Art’s Sake and In the Laptops of the Gods – will know there is a dedication to my Mum in...