This blog may feel like a guided tour of Gloucester Cathedral, for which I make no apologies, because it really is an awesome place - not just a stuffy old cathedral. Here are some of the real features that form part of the plot of Time Passages, together with some interesting rumours. King Edward II's tomb is a gloriously and intricately carved alabaster structure, with the effigy of the king being flanked by stone angels and a lion - the symbol of a king. Edward II's grands

Here are some researched facts about Gloucester Cathedral, King Charles II and the English Civil War, that inspired me to write Time Passages. The fiction - whether the events in the book could actually happen or not, I'm going to leave entirely to your own imagination. Because, who really knows? The English Civil War (It's not just the Americans who had a Civil War), lasted between 1642 -1646. In fact there were three of them, so we should say Wars really. A civil war is a w

All writers have at least one special story that they feel compelled to write. Time Passages was mine. It is my debut novel. The characters and plot of Time Passages developed over a long period of time - over several Christmases while sitting in a chilly Gloucester Cathedral each Christmas Eve with my family, which included my wonderful Mother-in-law, Pam. When Pam died, she left each of her three daughters-in-law a personal sum of money, with which I bought my first laptop