Introduction

Welcome to Klockworks, a collection of my writings as a journalist and author.

Confessions of an Eco-Shopper is a companion blog to my book, Confessions of an Eco-Shopper: the true story of one woman's mission to go green, published by Hodder. The purpose of the blog is to keep you abreast of any updates to the content of the book, as well as allowing me to comment on current environmental stories. If you'd like to get in touch with me about the book or the blog, email me at kate@ecosmartshopper.co.uk

The Press Column contains my weekly columns for The Press newspaper in York from 2006-2007.

Dangerous Love contains interviews about my true-life/crime memoir published by Ebury in 2005.

Reviews is a collection of various theatre and music reviews that I've done for The Press and BBC North Yorkshire

More information about Dangerous Love and my other published works can be found on the Klockworks Website.

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy!

View Article  'Your book and its sense of fun re-enthused me'
Thank you to all the readers that have contacted me to say how much they've enjoyed Confessions of an Eco-Shopper. I've had some lovely emails and I'd like to share them here. They all make interesting points and I would like this blog to provide a forum for readers to discuss their own experiences of green living. So here are three (and my correspondence with them) to give you a taster. Keep them coming!   more »
View Article  Mooning about in the park
‘You’re brave’. It’s been said before – notably when I published my memoir, Dangerous Love, describing a relationship I had with a psychopathic murderer 25 years ago when I was a naïve undergraduate. And yes, that was quite ‘brave’, in the sense that writing it involved some heavy-duty soul-searching and forced me to be pretty revealing about myself. So I don’t view talking about sanitary protection as quite so daring . . .   more »