Ian Thomson was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on Halloween, 1949, in a different world, where coal was delivered by horse and cart. Like any boy of his age, he wore sleeveless tank tops, which were short, and shorts which were long.
I intend these Work In Progress blogs to be rather more than just ruminations about what I happen to be writing at a given time. They will constitute a ragbag, or patchwork quilt, or smörgåsbord, or running buffet of the thoughts and ideas that crowd into a writer’s life.
