Talks

His current talks are:

• The Long Road to Publication – A talk about his twin careers of detective and crime writer, and why and how it took so long to publish his debut novel The Trail
• Five hours up, five hours down: Soloing the Matterhorn
• Losing Fingers on Ama Dablam: Climbing the 6,812 metre peak known as the ‘Matterhorn of the Himalaya’
• Munro Days  . . . History of the munros (282 Scottish hills over 3000 feet), reasons to climb them, and to start climbing them. Includes an account of traversing the Cuillin Ridge. For every walker, climber, mountaineer, and armchair enthusiast!
• Real Cop, Literary Cop – A talk about his twin careers of detective and crime writer, including an analysis of the components of crime fiction (plot to point of view to protagonist)
• Living sustainably – is it really possible?  – Tips for eating and living more sustainably in order to combat global warming
• I Ate My Last Herefordshire Russet This Morning – An Introduction To Growing Apple Trees (includes a demonstration of whip and tongue grafting)
• Will Perennial Vegetables Save the Planet? – An Introduction To Growing Perennial Crops
• The (Apple) Trees & The Bees – symbiotic relationships between honeybees, apple trees and humans
• 9 Lessons from the Winter Smallholding – (Winter / Christmas special) including, how to make cassis; turkey-naming; the story of the Christmas Pippin apple)