Rupert Brooke Play

Last year some of you may remember I sponsored a CD of the wonderful war poems of Rupert Brooke, read by Andrew Motion and many others, which had touched and inspired me as a young writer. (See my earlier Rupert Brooke post). The team behind this, The Useful Donkey Theatre Company, is headed by one…

Jolly Good Show, Old Bean!

PJ at the Goodwood Revival Well, the instructions for the annual Goodwood Revival Race meeting last weekend, for historic and classic sports and racing cars, said to dress up in period, preferably in a blazer and cravat, a suitable hat, and a prop, like a pipe. So here I am! I know my old school…

My Night Of Ghostbusting!

I was recently invited by Scott and Rebecca Simpson to a night of ghost hunting at Brighton’s most haunted house, the handsome Edwardian Preston Manor. Preston Manor – the most haunted house in Brighton. (No mean title in a city full of ghosts!) The house featured in a recent episode of “Most Haunted” and this…

Good Cop… Bad Cop… Fair Cop?

So, here’s a sight you don’t want to see in your headlights!!! The original gamekeeper turned poacher! This was taken when I spent a Friday night out with Polegate Road Policing Unit (as Traffic Police are now called). They set up this laser speed trap on a 40 mph limit on the outskirts of Eastbourne…

DR JAMES IN HIS GLAD RAGS…

I thought you’d like to see a few pictures of me as never before, and unlikely again!!!! These were taken during my graduation last Thursday at the University of Brighton in which I was made a “Doctor of Letters”. So now, when I’m next in a theatre and someone cries out “Is there a doctor…

Doctor James – Winner At Last!

I’m delighted to say that after a recent string of awards for which I have been shortlisted but haven’t won, today I am a winner at last! I am receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Brighton — conferring on me the title Doctor Of Letters. The press release below gives you the full…

ThrillerFest

Those of you following me on Twitter will know I’ve just been in NY – and that I took my real life Roy Grace – Retired Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Gaylor – with me. I joke that most authors carry their characters inside their head, whereas I travel around with mine!! Although they don’t look…

Oxfam Talk

Just a quick note to let you know I’ll be giving a talk and signing in aid of Oxfam on Thursday July 16 in Brighton. The talk is at 6.30pm at Brighton Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE. Talk and signing. Tickets are £5 – all proceeds to Oxfam. Tickets areavailable from the local…

Vote For Peter!

I’m delighted that I have been shortlisted for two awards this summer, the Crime Writers Association “Dagger In The Library” which is voted for by librarians and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year, for Dead Man’s Footsteps. The Old Peculiar award is the only one in the UK voted for by the…