by Clare Flynn | Jan 30, 2024
My visit to Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean, Oxford When I think of the Victorians I get visions of Dickensian smoke-clogged cities, widows’ weeds, funeral coaches with black-plumed horses, lots of gloomy tartan and blackened grates. The fabulous Colour Revolution...
by Clare Flynn | Dec 11, 2023
A Day out in Ditchling I can’t believe I’ve never been to Ditchling before. Less than twenty miles from me, it used to be home to artist Frank Brangwyn, and notorious sculptor Eric Gill, as well as several brilliant weavers. The pretty Downland village hosts the...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 27, 2023
Penang – How a Location Spoke to me I’d had a writing drought for three months. Not what I’d expected when I set off to sail around the world in one hundred and thirty days. With all that time and having finished my previous book I was certain I would have the...
by Clare Flynn | Sep 11, 2023
“My” Chateau in France | France My Significant Items Travel Next March I will be heading to France to the Loire Valley with several of my writing friends for a week-long writers’ retreat. We’re looking forward to many writerly chats, boosting our word...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 26, 2023
Visiting Gallipoli | Museums and Galleries Research Travel Writing Inspiration I’ve visited Istanbul several times – once in the mid 90s on holiday and several times on business with the odd weekend tagged on. I even began writing a thriller set there (sadly...
