by Barry Walsh | Dec 11, 2013 | Blog Archive
The Londonist – London Fiction Roundup The Pimlico Kid by Barry Walsh Childhood on the streets of Pimlico was much like childhood anywhere else in the 1960s: bad parents, good parents, bullies, a penn’orth of sweets and regular trips to the cinema. In The Pimlico Kid,...
by Barry Walsh | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog Archive
None of these reviews are by my mother using pseudonyms and no reviewer was harmed or threatened when writing them! ...
by Barry Walsh | Jul 12, 2013 | Blog Archive
A genuine pleasure to feature on Undercover Soundtrack which is hosted by the multi-talented Roz Morris. It was harder than I thought it would be to pin down the music that inspired or represented The Pimlico Kid but well worth it – thanks to Roz. Here are my...
by Barry Walsh | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog Archive
Now that my first novel is finally being published, I remember my Irish father. On St Patrick’s Day 1985 he sang ‘The Old House” and ‘Down by the Green Bushes’ to my mother, my brother and me in the Duke of Wellington in Eaton Place,...
by Barry Walsh | May 24, 2013 | Blog Archive
I’ve kept a journal, on and off, since reading Dorothea Brande’s Becoming a Writer many, many years ago. Unlike André Gide, whose journals I’ve been re-reading, nothing I’ve written will see the light of day. My ‘journal’ has...
by Barry Walsh | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog Archive
On 11 November we visited a dear friend in hospital. It was her birthday: one that we don’t forget as poppies come out to remind us. Alzheimer’s is taking its toll but the conversations with her were, as always, bright, sharp and likely to end in laughter. Sadly,...
