I am a British interior designer living in the Washington, DC area since 1992. In my free time I write articles on interior decoration, appear regularly on the radio and have appeared on HGTV's Designers' Challenge. I am also a published novelist and have four novels available through bookstores and on-line retailers.
My passion is ...
writing & design
I know too much about ...
avoiding depression
My parents always told me ...
follow your dreams
My childhood ambition ...
to be an actor
My favorite memory ...
1969 and snow on Christmas eve
Why I write ...
because it comes from a part of me nobody sees
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
I read stories with small ploits and big characters, I watch indie films and listenb to all kinds of music.
My first job ...
a waiter
My best moment ...
publication of my first novel The Rich Man's Table
My inspiration ...
Life
I watched Look Back in Anger last night. It is a brilliant play but rather difficult to watch due to the uncomfortable scenes of verbal abuse involving Richard Burton's character and his down-trodden, upper-middle-class wife who seems to spend all her time ironing and looking beautiful but down-trodden. Apparently John Osborne wrote this play based on his own unhappy marriage to Pamela Lane and their life in a dingy flat in Derby during the fifties. Was Osborne the original Angry Young Man? It takes a lot of effort to see beyond the contemptuous, bullying veneer of Burton's portrayal of Ji...
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Alexandria, Virginia US
Member since: April 2008
Articles Written: 20