Metier Publishing
Welcome to my vanity publishing project where I present articles, essays and fiction I have written over the years. You will find items on history, politics, art and other subjects. You will also find short stories and other fiction. I am also offering autobiographical items under 'My Memoir'.
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If you wish to copy or re-publish any item, in any format, please contact me for licensing arrangements. All items are copyright.
Derek Perry.
Email: derek.at.metier@gmail.com
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My Memoir
Autobiographical notes, including leaving home at age 19, stories about going to London and other experiences.
50 Years Ago Today : introduction
Places I Remember
Descriptions of some of the places I have been over the years.
Hadrian's Wall
History Matters
My interests are the radical history of London and the history of the East India Company. My credentials as a historian derive from a Master of Arts degree in 'History of Ideas' awarded in 2012 by Birkbeck, University of London.
Charles Bradlaugh: Early Days of a Victorian Radical
Short Fiction
I began writing fiction in 2022 when I joined a community history project to write historical fiction about the East India Company (see 'Seedlings' below). I later joined a writer's group with my local U3A and entered a couple of writing competitions. Here are some of my efforts...
An exercise for the writing group which became a tribute.
A short story about the East India Company and the 'Spice Wars' of the early seventeenth century.
A short story for a writing competion in the Coronation Year of 2023.
Written as a competition entry in 2023 on the theme of 'Green'.