International Women´s Day 2020
International Women’s Day, whose theme this year is “I Am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights,” is celebrated on the 8th March. It was first organised in 1909 in New York by […]
Interview with Melissa Addey
Melissa Addey is an author, speaker and mother of two. I am particularly pleased to have her here today, on my blog, because her passions are so similar to my […]
NEWSLETTER
Happy New Year to you all. I hope 2020 brings all that you could wish for. As far as I’m concerned it can’t be worse than 2019 when I lost […]
An imaginary interview with Makoud ibn Ahmad, born in the year 1000 AD
The river Guadalquivir Q As-salama alaykum, Makoud.A Peace be upon you also. Q Can you tell me a little about your life. How did you become a successful apothecary, a […]
Islamic influences and inventions
Many things that we take for granted in our daily life were passed down from the medieval Muslim world. From the way we eat, to the soap we use to […]
New release : The City of Dreams Bk Two: The Pirate
It’s hard to believe that we are now in the middle of October, when here in Málaga there are still people lying on the beach soaking up the sunshine and swimming […]
MOORISH SPAIN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET
We’ve all heard of the Mediterranean Diet, but what exactly is it and what has it got to do with Moorish Spain? In a society concerned with increasing obesity in […]
The Apothecary: why I came to write it.
At long last the first novel in the new historical series The City of Dreams is published. As usual the cover designer I use has come up with a stunning […]
SPECIAL OFFER
The Only Blue Door is currently on SPECIAL OFFER at a giveaway price of £0.99. A great read for teenagers and young adults as well as their parents. Offer ends […]
RESEARCH OR DETECTION? Maybe a bit of both.
You may be forgiven for thinking that writers of historical fiction do all their research pouring over detailed history books but there are many other sources that can be useful […]