The End of the Line

This is a post-script to the website, introducing The End of the Line, probably the last book John will write. He is back in his favoured territory, north of the Ribble, in green pastures, and south in cabbage fields. This time, he’s changed the characters....

You cannot be serious…

Reviewers of my novel Where’s Sailor Jack refer to my northern, or even my Lancastrian, sense of humour. I don’t mind that. They must mean Lancastrian because Yorkies are not known for cracking a joke or a smile, the estimable Joe Root aside. But my county, which can...