Experience the early 20th century in Michigan's Upper Peninsula through the artistic camera lens of J.W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's earliest professional photographers. This collection of historic photos brings the "Copper Boom" era back to li
Long ago, before Twittering and Blogging and Facebooking - in fact, way back in 1988 - I retired from the post I had held for ten years as a Schools Inspector in south London. Prior to that I had been a comprehensive school head (principal) for thirteen years and before that... well, that's back in the mists of time
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I come from a family of readers. In my home, reading was as natural as breathing. So, if you start as a reader, it's not surprising if you end up a writer,
Major influences, then, ...my mother and father who never insisted that I read but who so often had their heads stuck in books.
School did not encourage my reading or writing. The English teacher, in our small grammar school, was hopeless and had been for many years before my arrival. When I reflect upon it now, it rather ... well, after nearly seventy years, it still irritates me.
Birth Place
South Shields, UK
Accomplishments
I'm a graduate of the University of Durham (BA 1952) and MA (1959)
I am the author of twenty-odd non-fiction books, a collection of short stories and two novels.
'And Such Great Things as These' won an award for 'best novel' from the National Association of Writers' Groups. I wrote this using the pen name Allen Makepeace.
I was the winner of South East Arts Prose Prize and a runner-up for the Fenner Brockway Peace Prize
Contact Information
58 Berkeley Court Wilmington Square
Eastbourne BN21 4DX
United Kingdom
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