For five years now, I’ve lived in a block of flats on London’s South Bank called Rennie Court. It is managed and staffed jointly with another block on the opposite side of the road called River Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The longer that I’ve lived here, the more I’ve appreciated just how fascinating are the staff and residents. But – partly because of the structure of the buildings and partly because of the different lifestyles of the residents – most people don’t know each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I decided to make a contribution to this special community by interviewing all the staff and and a selection of the residents and then curate a series of personal profiles based on these interviews. Between May 2023 and March 2024, I managed to conduct 40 interviews and write a series of profiles totalling just over 57,000 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spent the Easter weekend doing a final read-through of the full text and I’ve just forwarded that text to a professional proofreader. I’ll be publishing the book via Amazon and giving a free copy to each participant at a launch event in June. I’ll provide more details then about “Rennie & River: Tales From Two Courts”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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