Rick Brindle

We Are Cold Steel,  the second novel in the Cold Steel trilogy is free to download on Amazon for a limited time. Hurry, get your free copy now. A day after their historic concert on the Caribbean island of St Clements, heavy metal band Cold Steel are heroes. Now, all they have to do is stay out of trouble and enjoy a well-earned holiday until they start work on their next album. Except that the owner of the recording studio hates all things Cold Steel. Except that Cold Steel’s record company has blackmailed the studio into accepting them. Except that not all reporters are as friendly as band manager Johnny Faslane’s girlfriend, Rachel Shaw. With a tight deadline, Cold Steel have to get the next album out before their tour starts. They can’t afford any delays, and Johnny has his work cut out keeping the band in line. Feral former soldiers, reporters with an agenda, cake-obsessed studio execs and international criminals all work their way into the mix as the band hurtle from one impr...

  They’re here to stay, and they are the future. I’ve had my Renault Zoe for about 8 months now, and there’s no way I’d ever go back to petrol, or even a hybrid. Admittedly, not everyone can, bit if you can fit a home charger, then running costs are insanely cheap. I’ve never paid more than three quid for an overnight charge, and seven for a day time charge. and sure, charging points cost more, but it’s still way less than petrol, and lot less volatile, both in price and global safety. Retail parks are an ideal fallback position. Plug in, do your shopping , get a bite to eat, and come back to a fully charged motor. Thanks to a legion of apps, you can find charging points right across the country, so if you’ve got a long journey to make, all you need to do is plan your pitstops. I’d still advise retail parks over motorway stops, cheaper to charge, better facilities, more reliable, in my experience. And of course there’s the eco thing. You’re not polluting the atmosphere, you’re not ...