Andrew Simpson

  I am not the only one who has looked forward to the second novel about the lives of Mr. and Mrs Rylands. It is the second in a trilogy whi...

This is one of the desks which once belonged to the Manchester Ship Canal. The desk, 2025 I like the idea that it has come home to Longford ...

It started with a talk on John and Enriqueta Rylands by the novelist Juliette Thomlinson and finished with some nice surprises.* Closed entr...

I can think of no better place for Juliette Thomlinson to talk about her debut novel featuring John and Enriqueta Rylands than Stretford Pub...

When you spend your time researching and writing books it is always nice to reflect on the work of friends who have published their books th...

Now writing fiction alludes me.   I can do the factual stuff, supported by research and heaps of maps and pictures, but the skill of making ...

So, on a day which pretty much rained all the time the Chorlton Hall of Fame inducts the 27 guests, two friends of the Chorlton Book Festiva...

The Chorlton Book Festival is back.* It starts tomorrow and runs through till the 28th in venues across the township. If I have got my sums...

  The story of John and Enriqueta Rylands is one that I am not really familiar with, other than that the couple lived in Longford Hall and o...