Kit Ward

Writer


Anthony Burgess

  • Tools of the trade

    Tools of the trade

    In the extract above, Anthony Burgess is talking about his his trusty manual typewriter when he talks about ‘Qwert Yuiop’. Burgess was writing in 1986, before advent of the mass-produced, general-purpose personal computer, but a time when special-purpose word processors were beginning to edge out the typewriter. Continue reading

About Me

Writer. Londoner. Wayfarer on the rolling English road.

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Egyptian Avenue

I write about British places and history at theseislands.blog.