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If you’ve missed my previous Newsletters, you can access them all from the links below. Just click or tap on the highlighted month or text.

Henry Miller, Bruce Springsteen and Jasper Carrot. What do they have in common? Why, they all feature in my April Newsletter – Eat, Drink and Be Mary

Hungry? Me too, as you’ll read in my Feb/Mar Newsletter – The Breakfast Club

In my January 2025 Newsletter – China, I’ve Been There, you can read about my experiences on their High Speed Rail Network. And meet a village idiot

The lengths I’ll go to, to avoid Christmas are featured in my December 2024 Newsletter – A Hua Hin Christmas Trip

Some are born to follow, others are born to run. I was born to fly. Find out more in my November 2024 Newsletter – Born To Fly

Old Rockers. Do They Ever Change? My October 2024 Newsletter – Change Is The Only Constant explains this phenomenon

Ever been sacked? I have, just the once. Full story in my September 2024 Newsletter – Help, I Need Somebody

Where not to go on holiday? It’s all in my August 2024 Newsletter – The Road Less Taken

Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true? Or is it my dream Newsletter – The Night I Appeared on Graham Norton

If you’re interested in planetary rotation and axial tilt, my latest Newsletter entitled Early Morning Fun is the one for you

It’s climbing season on Everest. Read about my scaling of literary peaks in my May Newsletter

The road trip hasn’t happened yet, but you can read about the grand plan in my April Newsletter. It’s all very Kafkaesque

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at the world? You can do both when you read my March newsletter, and all about my new book, Go Away

Musical memories and my February Newsletter

January, a history lesson, a Newsletter, a month to reminisce

The inspiration behind Go Away, soon to be released, is explained in my December Newsletter

My November Newsletter is Bob Dylan-themed

Romanian Roaming, my October Newsletter, featuring an evening in Dracula’s bedroom

In my September Newsletter, the journey begins. Topkapi or not Topkapi

Why I’ve cut back on chips, cheese, and beer is explained in my August Newsletter

Feedback, feedback, feedback, the key to success in my July Newsletter

Library success and a possible movie deal feature in my June Newsletter

Errant commas relocated, Mostly Fun is now available, as is my May Newsletter

Almost there. My April Newsletter gives an overview of my latest book

My auto-onomatophobia is revealed in March along with a fall from grace

In my February Newsletter you can read about my many breakfasts and a couple of bike trips

As January once again raises its ugly heads, I’m off on an expedition

December, my Christmas gift to the world Cannes Encore! is available

It’s November and I finally retire, again

Read about the history of soap and Jethro Tull in my October Newsletter

Jeremey buys a tractor and I try my hand at time travel in September

In August the Fernweh sets in, but there is a cure

I went shopping for pen refills in Bangkok in July

In June I finally left the country in search of a good breakfast

“I’d get that checked if I were you” is just one piece of advice in my May Newsletter

The best-laid plans of mice and men are the subject of my April Newsletter

In March I exceeded expectations, Most of the Time

February didn’t make me shiver, it just made me sad and I got a bit wet

January heralds a new year and I look back over my domestic travel experiences

As the year draws to a close we look at the dangers of Australian wildlife and the delights of a new train journey in my December Newsletter

Not one but two Newsletters in November

A musical theme along with an introduction to Movember in my October Newsletter

In my September Newsletter, I compare conversation with interrogation

My August Newsletter looks back to a time when UK passports were also blue, but not as blue as they are now

The philosophy of shirts and toilets is explained in my July Newsletter

June, Joni and a new Job. All is revealed in my June Newsletter

Disappointment, success, failure – my April Newsletter explains why they’re all good

Why do you want this job? Find out in my February Newsletter

A new year and my January Newsletter explores different aspects of January

I had a birthday in December and took a ride to some local islands

For legal reasons my October Newsletter was published in Movember

The 100% increase in the number of books I have published is discussed in my September Newsletter

The Soft Nut Bike Tour of Burma is almost ready for publication. More details and a sneak preview in my August Newsletter

Sales are up, you can find out why in my July Newsletter

Winners and Losers, but mostly losers in my June Newsletter

If music be the food of love, you need to read my May Newsletter

COVID, COVID, COVID. Whose fault is it really? My April Newsletter reveals it all

Remember life BC (before corona)? Read my March Newsletter and be transported back to a more carefree time

It’s still February, just, and here’s my Newsletter

How’s 2020 started out for you? Read my January Newsletter to see how it started out for me

Here’s an early Christmas present, my December Newsletter

November, of course, was all about Movember

In August it was all about existentialism and Jean-Paul Sartre’s bike

July found me out in the cold for a book signing at Stones Corner. Brisbane’s answer to Charing Cross Road

The world tour continues and in June I had my first of many book readings at the Brisbane City Library

The Australian Election took place in May and I was, briefly, gainfully employed. Henry would not have approved

I started pedalling my wares around the bookshops of Brisbane in April, with mixed success

My book was available at the local library in March

Interested in receiving my monthly newsletter? Email me at ljstanley5464 [AT] gmail.com

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