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Trevor Locke of Leicester.
An author and writer of novels, poetry, and articles about history and a journal-keeper.
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2025
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My Novels
I have written several novels, only one of which has been published. The others are in various stages of preparation and cannot be published until they are finished.
The Road to Ancona – a story of coming of age in a strange country – is the only one to have been published.
The Trench – the pathos and humour of the exploitation of young musicians.
The Streets of London – tales from a city in the sixties and seventies exploring what it means to be a man. In Three volumes.
The story of two misfits united by writing in Moving to the Sea. The novel I am working on at present.
The dark dystopia of a starving world that is Hunger Wars.
Still to come:
Actors explores sexuality – the as-yet-untitled novel about how destiny and fate affect two young men.
There remains a great deal to do, which is good because it means I have much to occupy my pen if not my mind.
For further details see my post on this subject.
Working From Home.
Many years ago, I was one of the people who pioneered working from home by using what was then called ‘new technology.’ When the Internet first became widely available in the UK, we created what we called ‘teleworking.’ Twenty-seven years later, these ideas are still being discussed. I have gone back to my archives and rediscovered the slides I once used when I gave talks about the idea of teleworking. I have revised and updated one of my posts to include material that I wrote all those years ago. A few of my slides have been inserted into the page.
Teleworking – today and tomorrow.
A new year. A new novel.
Beginning in January, I will be working on a new novel. I have a whole manuscript of the work in the first draft. With the help of my fellow writers, I will be upgrading the first draft and hopefully will end up with a second draft – in the future months of this year.
2024
My last posting for 2024 is the final part of my series about The History of The Shed, Leicester’s iconic live music venues.
Part Three, of the history, is online now.
21st December. I have published the latest version of my poem – The Masquerade – which I read to the Phoenix Writer’s Group, earlier today.
12th December. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of The Shed music venue, I publish the first of three articles about The History of The Shed. Part 2 of this series has been published. The third part will be published later in December.
For National Poetry Day 2024, I wrote a poem called ‘Counting‘.
May. I write about travel.
As a lover of music, I write about outstanding concerts. Here is my latest piece, about classical music, performed by the Bermuda-born artist Jude Richardson.
You can read my stuff about rock music in Music in Leicester magazine.
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