Derek J Taylor
Author and journalist
Derek Taylor
is a former international television news correspondent, now an author and freelance journalist.
'A Horse in the Bathroom'
He's just had his first book published.
It's called
'A Horse in the Bathroom',
a light-hearted look at
what makes villages work
- or not -
in the twenty-first century.
The book also tells how Derek
and his wife, Maggie
converted an old Cotswold stables
into their home
BBC-TV's The Village
casts kids from
Midlands fame academy
Many of the talented child actors in the BBC-TV series, The Village learned their craft at the Television Workshop in Nottingham, which doesn't have the kudos of the big London stage schools but is enjoying a golden moment.
The cast includes five members of the area's unofficial fame academy, the Television Workshop. Aged eight to 19, they are headed by Bill Jones, 12, who in his first TV role plays Bert Middleton, a bullied and poverty-stricken farmer's son. In the first episode, watched by 6.35 million viewers, Bert steals hearts as he is caned by a sadistic teacher, locked in a cupboard by his brutal father and taught to swim in a freezing pond by his adored brother.
'A Horse
in the Bathroom'
now an audio book!
'A Horse in the Bathroom' is now available from the world's biggest audio book publisher audible.co.uk: (at a launch discount!).
It's narrated by David Rintoul, whom you may remember as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, as Dr Finlay and other regular TV drama roles.
Derek now
represented by
top London
literary agency
Derek is proud to announce that he is now represented by
Diane Banks Associates
Literary Agency.
All approaches by publishers or media organisations should now go to Diane and her staff.
Government to boost
self-building
The government has launched a self-build initiative in order to increase the number of new homes whose owners contract the builder and other tradesmen themselves. An increase in self-build is seen as one of the ways of stimulating the economy by boosting the construction industry. Self-building might also offer part of the solution to Britain’s housing shortfall which some estimates suggest will reach 750,000 homes by 2025.
The government proposes that self building can result in properties that are higher quality, greener and cheaper, and adds, “The average cost of a ready-made home is now more than £232,000, but a budget of £150,000 is usually adequate to build a three to four-bedroom house.”
'I enjoyed this. It's full of fascinating characters and surprises, and has got great style.'
-Martin Jarvis,
Radio 4 book narrator
to find out more about
'A Horse in the Bathroom.'
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