Author: july1966

Bear with....this is a new blog. I have an established blog on other subjects so am not totally hopeless and I will over the next couple of months have this looking vaguely organised and informative! Chris

Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life: A Writer’s Journey Part 3. Lost in the Forest of Publishing

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by Chris Harris Over the past few months, I’ve been documenting something I’d talked about doing for years: writing and publishing a book. These pieces were written as it happened, recording the ideas, the writing, the mistakes, the editing and the occasional moments when I wondered what on earth I’d started. The book now exists, … Continue reading Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life: A Writer’s Journey Part 3. Lost in the Forest of Publishing

When Fiction Starts Coming True: The Pop-Up Bar Story

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by Chris Harris Revving up for another evening of illegal trading and noise pollution. Denham, the fictitious village where most of my stories are based, is actually based only a couple of miles outside Lewes, where I live. I don’t spend my days deliberately thinking up plot lines or looking around for stories. They tend … Continue reading When Fiction Starts Coming True: The Pop-Up Bar Story

Cruise Control Day 8: Home

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by Chris Harris Day 8 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 8: Home

Cruise Control. A Satirical Cruise Diary.

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Seven days aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne. Seven blogs involving 3,000 passengers, 1,500 crew, Norway, Denmark excessive quantities of food and alcohol, occasional rough seas and the gradual realisation that cruise ships are essentially enormous floating villages where nobody has to cook, clean or apparently exercise any restraint whatsoever. I’ve now put the whole lot together … Continue reading Cruise Control. A Satirical Cruise Diary.

Cruise Control Day 7: Last Day at Sea.

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by Chris Harris Day 7 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 7: Last Day at Sea.

Cruise Control Day 6: Skagen.

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by Chris Harris Day 6 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 6: Skagen.

Cruise Control Day 5: Oslo Day 2

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by Chris Harris Day 5 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 5: Oslo Day 2

Cruise Control 4: Oslo Day 1

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by Chris Harris Day 4 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control 4: Oslo Day 1

Cruise Control 3: Kristianstad

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by Chris Harris Day 3 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control 3: Kristianstad

Cruise Control Day 2: A Day at Sea.

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by Chris Harris Day 2 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 2: A Day at Sea.

Cruise Control Day 1: Southampton. Setting Sail.

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Day 1 of a week aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne, sailing from Southampton to Norway and back. This is not a cruise review so much as a diary of what actually happens when you put 3,000 passengers on a floating hotel, give them unlimited food and, in our case, a drinks package. The good, the bad, … Continue reading Cruise Control Day 1: Southampton. Setting Sail.

Zack Polanski: The Man Who Made the Greens Interesting and is Now Their Biggest Problem

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by Chris Harris 21/8/26 For a while, Zack Polanski looked as though he had pulled off something close to a political miracle. He had made the Green Party interesting. For years the Greens had an image problem: worthy, principled and occasionally influential, but also earnest, predictable and, frankly, rather dull. Then along came Polanski, energetic, … Continue reading Zack Polanski: The Man Who Made the Greens Interesting and is Now Their Biggest Problem