A load of chips — photo by Terry Freedman

A film and a meal

March 06, 2025 in Memoir

Lois has an arts degree from the University of Oxford, which means that she can tell you everything you need to know about the influence of post-modernism on Latin-American literature in the final quarter of the twentieth century, but she can’t add up.

Mansplaining Jane Austen

March 05, 2025 in News & views

I was very pleased to be able to give a load of women the benefit of my wisdom and experience on a Jane Austen course a few months ago.

The train now standing on platform 10

September 27, 2024 in Creative Writing, Reflections

Transport in London these days is, for the most part, sleek, efficient. The epitome of this newish Utopia is the Elizabeth Line, with its silent, gliding carriages, air-conditioning and wi-fi. The announcements are soothing...

An intriguing interlude on the Underground

July 05, 2024 in Creative Writing, Memoir

Travelling back from my saxophone lesson on Saturday, a very attractive young woman kept looking at me. Did I finally have sax appeal I asked myself.

What makes a great and successful writer?

July 03, 2024 in Creative Writing, EiS

This is a transcript of a conversation between Fred Terryman and myself. It’s been lightly edited, with the pauses taken out for ease of reading.

Spotting the BS

May 11, 2024 in Bookshelf, Reviews, The lighter side

“You’ve been speaking to that blasted Freedman, haven’t you?!”

Image created by Dall-E for Terry Freedman

Crossed wires: creative nonfiction

March 21, 2023 in Creative Writing

“Terry has a great ability to grasp and capture the everyday, as well as an excellent feel for the quotidian conversations and dialogues that make up so much of our ordinary lives out in the real world. And from this he is able to mine real meaning and insight.” From Tom Bevan’s introduction to this essay.