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In Praise of the great British Holiday Camp

Posted by: allanmayer on: September 4, 2009

Well that’s the holiday period well and truly over.
Before I went down with the swine flu I did take a couple of holidays- the first in Menorca at a Thompson Gold hotel, the second at the other end of the market at Pontin’s in Prestatyn.
Normally we would take two weeks in the sun. The reason [...]

My Holiday with the Psychos

Posted by: allanmayer on: June 25, 2009

Summer. And we love nothing better than flying off to restful, idyllic, carefree environments. Places where we can soak up the sun. Places where we can partake of exotic food and drink…
 Places where we can read about the gory exploits of crazed but highly intelligent serial killers.
Odd that. Although we would definitely not want to live [...]

One Door Away From Heaven

Posted by: allanmayer on: March 10, 2009

 Andy Cope, author of the SpyDog series, once asked me the inevitable question: as authors are supposed to write about what they know, do I presume that you witnessed scenes like those in ‘Tasting the Wind?’
Of course the answer is Yes. I did work in a ‘Mental Handicap’ hospital in the 80s, people were treated [...]