Welcome to Penny Thoughts! I’m an author, poet, journalist, speaker and disabled activist.I’ll be talking about writing, other work and maybe some surprising interests that inspire and intrigue me! From ghost stories to astronomy, Victorian freak shows – actually all things Victorian - to black cats, seaside living and adventures up the family tree. And don’t worry, there will be more under the Penny microscope, including the odd guest along the way.I’ll share my writing, my news and enjoy hearing from my listeners.Get comfy, grab a drink and enjoy the chat.
It's episode three, I go in deep with Valentines, reading poems by Hardy and Baudelaire. And me! My secret passion this month is Family Trees. Every single person has a story in their ancestry. I hope you like mine - a love story between George and Hannah in the early 1800s, my wild and crazy distant ancestors. Even this episodes ghost story, set at the atmospheric ruin of Hastings Castle, has tragic love as its theme. [TRIGGER WARNING suicide mentioned]. And, drum roll, it's a revisit t...
7 Jan 2022
Of Birds, New York and 2021 Remembered
In episode two I look back at the year from a disability activist's perspective. There are lows and highs, and something I'm keen to share, trigging a gleam of optimism. There's some twitching by the bird feeder as I reveal my secret passion for birdwatching. I fly you to New York with Hemingway Shorts winning story 'Hatman and Brian', set in the Big Apple, rounded off with a regular ghostly tale- from my birthplace Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Intrigued about flying books any day!...
3 Dec 2021
Of Ghosts, Freaks and Disability History Month
Welcome to Penny world with the launching of my podcast. In this episode, I chat about the UK's Disability History Month (Nov/Dec) and other crip anniversaries. I reveal my passion for Victorian freaks, with a short story 'Mrs J Merrick' (published in Mslexia 2021) and end the episode with my regular feature on ghostly and paranormal phenomena - this time with my own ghostly experience in an old Victorian house...
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