Hidden History Research

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”

Singapore Sling in The Long Bar

Monday, 28 June 2021, 17:17.Reading time 1 minute.

This is where we were. Had to try a Singapore Sling…once and never again. As said by someone at the time – “Yuk. Tastes like cough mixture.” I agreed and went onto dry white wine whilst marvelling at the fans (on the ceiling,) totally cutting out the boring business conversations, people watching and throwing peanut […]

What’s For Tea Today, Mum? : Nasi Goreng

Monday, 28 June 2021, 16:51.Reading time 1 minute.

My Mum was a whizz at this dish. It was a Saturday Tea Treat throughout my childhood. Then when I went back to the land of my birth – Singapore- and tasted their Nasi Goreng. I was stunned. But it was about 3 am and we had spent several hours in Raffles Hotel. TRUE! TRUTH! […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.