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Welcome to my personal publishing project where I present articles, essays and fiction I have written over the years.
You will find items on history, politics, art and other miscellaneous subjects. You will also find short stories and other fiction, mostly prepared for the Dulwich U3A Creative Writing Group. I am also offering autobiographical items derived from my online memoir entitled '50 Years Ago Today'.
Any item may be read online or downloaded free of charge. I hope to make some items available in printed formats or as e-books for a small charge.
Please navigate to whatever interests you by clicking at the top left hand corner, or clickon the item title in the Contents page below.
If you wish to copy or re-publish any item, in any format, please contact me for licensing arrangements. All items are copyright.
Derek Perry.
Email: derek.at.metier@gmail.com
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Autobiography / Memoir
Autobiographical notes, including growing up in Birmingham in the 1950s and 60s, leaving home at age 19, discovering London, going to university, and other experiences.
50 Years Ago Today : introduction
Places I Remember
Descriptions of some of the places I have experienced over the years.
History Matters
My claimn to be a historian derives from a Master of Arts degree in 'History of Ideas' awarded in 2012 by Birkbeck, University of London. My interests are the radical history of London and the history of the East India Company.
Charles Bradlaugh: Early Days of a Victorian Radical
Short Fiction
I began writing fiction in 2022 when I joined a community history project to write historical fiction about the East India Company (see 'Seedlings' below). I later joined a writer's group with my local U3A and entered a couple of writing competitions. Here are some of my efforts...
An exercise for the writing group which became a tribute.
A short story about the East India Company and the 'Spice Wars' of the early seventeenth century.
A short story for a writing competition in the Coronation Year of 2023.
A competition entry in 2023 on the theme of 'Green'.
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