by Clare Flynn | Jul 11, 2024
Why The Artist’s War is dedicated to the grandfather I never met Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather, William Joseph Flynn served in the First World War on the Western...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 13, 2016
I wrote recently about the invasion that never happened and how it left its marks on Cuckmere Haven. Today I’m going to share with you a couple of small clues about WW2 from the roads around my home here in Meads, Eastbourne. During the War there were several...
by Clare Flynn | May 1, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Cuckmere Valley during WW2 and its strategic role in the defence of the realm. Today I’m going to look at another of its claims to fame – as the beating heart of an enormous smuggling operation. Smuggling was big business in...
by Clare Flynn | Apr 5, 2016
My teenage years were spent in Eastbourne, growing up in the shadow of the Downs, swimming from the beach and hanging out in the various hostelries of the town. Now that I’ve returned to live here I’m rediscovering the charms of the town and its...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 25, 2014
My work in progress has just taken itself off to New York City. This is a classic case of being swept along in the wake of one’s characters. I get very little say in the matter. As a result I’ve been researching life in the tenements of NYC in the late...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 14, 2014
The main character in my novel, A Greater World, is effectively won in a game of poker, after her desperate father uses her as a stake. Poor Elizabeth Morton has to go through what amounts to a forced marriage when all her options run out. Someone asked how I’d...
