by Barry Walsh | Jul 28, 2025 | Blog Archive
I recently finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath, and its impact has been even greater in these times (big corporations, billionaires etc). To hear again Steinbeck’s voice for the little people has been wonderful and moving. In one of my old notebooks from when I...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 13, 2024 | New Blog
Great lunch with friends who first met at school more than 60 years ago – and we haven’t stopped meeting since. These meetings have become more precious and nourishing as we grow older. But oh my, how the years rocket by! ...
by Barry Walsh | Oct 17, 2023 | Latest News
Nice boost from local anglophone website, ‘P-O Life’, for Danny Boy, much of which was written (and rewritten!) in our favourite part of France – Pyrénées Orientales. P-O Life Book Club
by Barry Walsh | Jun 11, 2023 | New Blog
At school I was often laid low by quite severe asthma attacks, for which I would take myself outside the class and sit on a bench to use an inhaler. On one occasion, my New Zealand-born English teacher, Basil Dowling, came past and, noting my distress, asked if it...
by Barry Walsh | Jun 7, 2023 | New Blog
Having a book published brings the rather disappointing realisation (not for the first time!) that your ego is a good deal bigger than you like to think it is. So, the good reviews make you happy and, thankfully, those who don’t like the book tend not to post their...
