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Death In Art. Interview With A Collector Of Death Ephemera

I recently visited Death: A Self-Portrait, an amazing exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London. The collection contains drawings, sculpture,…

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Search For The Ark Of The Covenant Video

The Ark of the Covenant continues to inspire investigation and I did a lot of research for Exodus and loved…

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John Soane. Architect, Sculptor Of Light, Creator Of The Freemason’s Ark

London has so many layers of history and so many iconic places to visit that many forget the smaller museums,…

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Shooting Guns In Budapest. Thriller Research Trip To Budapest

So you know that there's shooting and guns in my thrillers? Well, sometimes an author needs to go get some…

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Thriller Author Interviews: Boyd Morrison, Author Of The Roswell Conspiracy

I'm a huge reader and love to devour action-adventure novels as well as lots of books in other genres (you…

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Ancient Book: Codex Sinaiticus And Sinai Palimpsests

One of the important clues in the next ARKANE book, Exodus, comes from a manuscript fragment found in the monastery…

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Sacred Sites: Abu Simbel, Southern Egypt

There are some places that continue to stay with you years later, and Abu Simbel is such a place for…

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Ancient City: Carcassonne. Religious Music, Religion And Violence

I recently spent a few days in the Languedoc region of France, mostly relaxing but also exploring the rich cultural…

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