Former bank director Bob Burrows A.I.B., pursued his love of writing with freelance work for newspapers and magazines before graduating to factual books. One of his eight books is the biography of a First World War poet who wrote in the trenches. The book, Fighter Writer, was launched at the Imperial War Museum in London, followed by a promotional tour of Scotland. Bob was nominated for the Saltire Award in two categories. Bob and his wife Pat, after both surviving cancer, decided to travel and their experiences were published by Austin Macauley in 2020 with Around the World in Several Ways.
Most of us can hum, whistle, or tap out a favourite tune but not too many of us can recall the lyrics, the words. Yet it is the skill of the wordsmith, the lyricist who at the stroke of a pen can transport us, if only for a moment, into our own world recalling cathartic events, romantic moments and ...