Canary Yellow JohnnyFox December 14, 2008 Other Writing Finally gave in and joined Flickr. Here's my first photo ... a 'nuclear' sunset over Canary Wharf taken at the local DLR station, Pontoon...
Caption Competition JohnnyFox November 11, 2008 Other Writing Michelle: I wear red because my husband is full of fire. Laura: I'll get my coat...
The Full Cupboard of the School of Life JohnnyFox November 10, 2008 Other Writing In a somewhat lager-fuelled discussion about writing, after last week's session of The School of Life, some of my classmates challenged me to produce a 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' story, in which Mma...
On Such a Night As This JohnnyFox November 4, 2008 Other Writing There's something in the air that you can sense Elusive yet unbearably intense The stars are standing there in bright suspense As they prepare to light immense events So starts "On Such A Night as This" by...
Torch Song JohnnyFox August 25, 2008 Other Writing I'm having a Ken Barlow moment. In the longest running soap opera, he has dusted down from the attic his youthful novel, compared it briefly to the writers he currently admires, and torched it. I have nothing...
The Hotel Inspector JohnnyFox March 21, 2008 Other Writing On a whim, I've been for a weekend on the Suffolk coast at a property owned by Ruth Watson, the somewhat painted-and-decorated star of Channel 5's "The Hotel Inspector". For the uninitiated, this is a...
Restaurant Review: Verre (The Hilton, Dubai) JohnnyFox January 28, 2008 Other Writing I've been to Dubai on business and ate one night at "Verre", the Gordon Ramsay branded a la carte joint in the Hilton and I have to say it was one of the most irritating and boring evenings I've ever had in a...
Road to Damascus JohnnyFox June 12, 2007 Other Writing Coming soon ... story of my trip to Syria It's certainly not the Axis of Evil as defined by the Bush/Blair propaganda machine. Mind you, it's not the Axis of Clean Toilets either...
Mag Hag JohnnyFox May 27, 2007 Other Writing COMING SOON: My experience with Dame Maggie Smith at Lady from...
The Good Juice JohnnyFox May 14, 2007 Other Writing I am a man of little ambition. I wrote that to see if it looked any more true on the screen than it did in my head. Any plateau of achievement to which I ever ascended was done not with the crampons and...