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Ansley Vaughan

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About Me

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I'm a journalist and writer, living in London.

My Interests

Travel, international affairs, politics, arts, animals

I'd like to meet:

Writers, editors, adventurers. Anyone with an open mind or a good story to tell.

adopt your own virtual pet!

Music:

A weird mixture! Rock, ancient pop music, musicals. Some classics, early jazz. And some heavy metal and industrial lounge. Think Alboth! and Steamboat Switzerland.

Movies:

'The Producers' (the old version, not the new one.) 'Jurassic Park' (but only for the dinosaurs) 'Our Man in Havana' 'Double Indemnity', almost any old British film (except 'Whistle Down the Wind' all copies of which should be rounded up and destroyed.)

Television:

Dr Who, Torchwood, Red Dwarf, Frasier, 3rd Rock.

My Blog

Quiet

I've been quiet because I've been in France.   Two weeks which I intended to devote to writing, eating and drinking.   The weather was excellent, except for one very wet day. But i...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:10:00 PST

Welcome Down Under!

The story I submitted to a Torquere competition has appeared on their website. It's called 'Welcome Down Under'. Have a look at it if you get the chance! http://www.torquerepress.com/contest/seco...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:56:00 PST

Hair!

No, not the dodgy musical.  Mine.   I went to the hairdressers today.   Regular readers of this blog (all two of them) may remember that I like going to the hairdresser about ...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:54:00 PST

Viscount Castlereagh

I can't let the date of August 12th go by without recording that it's the anniversary of the death of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, in 1822. An Anglo-Irish politician who became Foreign S...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:15:00 PST

Animal Attraction is published

'Animal Attraction' is out!   This anthology of gay romance is edited by Vincent Diamond and is available now from Torquere. There are lots of brilliant stories involving a host of int...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:45:00 PST

Prowler - the sequel

I went up to Birmingham yesterday with my friend Fennie to meet Fiona Glass.   Ostensibly, we were going to a book reading, but really the purpose was for the three of us to have d...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:38:00 PST

Animal Attraction

We have a cover for the new Torquere anthology, 'Animal Attraction', due out early in August. I just love this!   But I'm still not telling what animal my story, 'Bungalow Bill' is abou...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:34:00 PST

Roses in December

I've been quiet lately, partly because I still can't shake off this cough/throat infection, but mostly because I've been so busy with work and writing and social things. I thought I'd reprint here a r...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:42:00 PST

Alan Johnston

The release of Alan Johnston is the best news I've heard all year. Much champagne has been drunk. A very, very good day...    
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:29:00 PST

Beside the Seaside

I went down to Westcliff-on-Sea today at the invitation of the husband of a friend who died last month.   He was holding a lunch 'in celebration of her life'.   It was an odd event...
Posted by Ansley Vaughan on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:51:00 PST