The novel Jonathan is currently working on is in a genre called ‘fictionalised memoir’. The idea is to weave a narrative into the random events of life and try to make them seem interconnected: a series of choices and consequences, as you’d find in a novel. Jonathan (ever the comedian!) likes to call it a ‘sorta-biography’ (geddit?) - a re-prioritised autobiography where it’s story first, truth second. Embellishing where necessary, and elaborating for effect.

As a kind of ‘proof of concept’, he’s written a few stand-alone short stories (ten-fifteen minute reads) about particular incidents/events/periods.

The first is called ‘DREADLOCKS TONY AND THE GREAT ART HEIST’ and it’s just been published here on a website called Memoirist.org (1st Jan, 2025) - A very amateur art heist is undermined by my youthful exuberance and a desire to look cool.

The second is called ‘A CRASH COURSE IN FLYING MICROLIGHTS’ and has now been published in the Lowestoft Chronicle (1st March, 2025) - An engine failure, at an altitude of a thousand feet, presents an opportune moment for momentous decision-making.