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  PS
I'm about to dash off to take the daughter to her drama class but I wanted to add a coda to the column in the Press today.   more »
View Article  And it's a green goodbye from me
It's been two years, near as dammit, since I started this column and I've chalked up over a hundred of 'em in that time, so this seems an appropriate time to come to a close. I've got a book to write and a deadline pressing and the one's not getting done and the other's looming ever nearer.   more »
View Article  Sun shone on the soggy York Proms
I wrote in this column last Saturday that it takes more than a bit of rain - or even a lot of rain - to dampen British spirit. I had not expected, when the plug was pulled on York Proms an hour and a half before the event was due to start because the park was in danger of flooding, to see this demonstrated quite so defiantly.   more »
View Article  Come shine or rain, rain, rain
What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday, I was slapping on Factor 50; this Saturday it looks like being waterproofs and wellies.   more »
View Article  I'm trying to get to the bottom of this Mystery
'So what exactly is the mystery in the Mystery Plays?' the husband asked recently. 'It's hardly a whodunit, is it?' I told him he was a Philistine, to which he replied that actually, he was more of a Sherlock Holmes fan, although he's still got a fondness for Morse.   more »
View Article  At last, a green wave sweeps through shops
Isn't is great the way shops are falling over themselves to go green these days? There's Marks and Spencer's Plan A ('Because there is no Plan B'); New Look is selling organic jeans and Tesco is out to flog 10 million low-energy light bulbs within the year. My work here is done. Well, almost.   more »