Many years ago, I wrote for children, regularly commissioned by the BBC Playdays Magazine.

Since returning to writing, I have mostly written non-fiction, though a couple of novels are on the imminent publishing list. 

I am a lifelong environmental campaigner, and since being one of the four founders, in 1972, of what became the Green Party, I have moved through politics to philosophy.

There were years of active politics, and these are currently being committed to paper as a means of organising my archives. I was the first National Secretary of what was the Ecology Party before it turned Green, and drafted its first manifesto in 1974. 

I became disheartened at the tales of editorial battles with publishers, the difficulty of finding a literary agent, and how long everything took. At my advanced age, I couldn’t afford more years on process, I needed to see results. The wave of independently published books, backed by the willingness of indie authors to share their expertise, persuaded me to learn to speak Amazon, and then also find the means to supply independent bookshops.

I published “Just a minute!” said the penguin. “We need to talk.” in September 2024, as an ebook, paperback and hardback. It’s a conversation with a penguin about climate change, and a commentary on how humans should be acting if we are to survive the crisis.

Elaine’s Angel is a novel launching in November 2024. It explores what might happen if an angelic vision appeared in a remote English village in the current world of instant communication.

Meanwhile, the Ice Keeps Melting is a non-fiction account of the early days of Green politics, over half a century ago. This has never been recorded by anyone who was involved at the time. It should be published around New Year, 2025.