Julian DeVille Blog

Courage. Discipline. Respect for others. Integrity. Loyalty. Selfless commitment.

First are posts on my journey as a writer. The struggles, and what I have learnt. Maybe they will provide other authors with helpful insights. I do hope so.

May 1, 2026
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The Beginnings

Like most, I came to writing by accident.   Divorce was the first real spur. My sojourn in that particular wilderness gave me a great deal to get off my chest. And sitting in the frigid interior of the yacht to which life had banished me, hammering away at the keys of

May 9, 2026
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Aristotle

Aristotle  The army has a habit of leaving soldiers in places where the stories make themselves. I started keeping notes. At the time it was for no particular reason. Now I am grateful, the notes jog my memory, fuel my writing.  One late

May 15, 2026
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Knowledge Gap

There is another thing I have learnt from David Baboulene. It is a learning I immediately grasped. And have been unable to ignore ever since. Nowadays – post Bab, as I like to term it – I can hardly watch

These are all my posts so far. They cover a wide range of topics in my area of interest. And some would say, expertise!

March 20, 2026
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Gordon Brown and Honour

Gordon Brown says we need better systems to clean up politics. One question: Why did you give Mandelson a peerage after he’d already resigned twice? Systems don’t fix dishonour. Values do. Gordon Brown has for long functioned as a sort