Look and Listen

Biography

Patrick Brigham was the Editor in Chief of the first English Language news magazine in Bulgaria between 1995 and 2000. As a journalist he witnessed the changes in this once hard core Communist Country and personally knew most of the political players, including the old Dictator Todor Zhivkov and his successors Zhelev and Stoyanov. Traditionally a hotbed of intrigue and the natural home of the conspiracy theory, Bulgaria proved to be quite a challenge and for many the transition was painful. Despite this, he personally managed to survive these changes and now lives peacefully in Northern Greece. A writer and journalist for many years, he has written a number of short stories and articles which might be better described as light hearted, whilst confirming that the truth is often stranger than fiction.

Inspiration

My inspiration started many years ago, when as a boy I discovered Dennis Weatley, Earnest Hemingway, and P. G. Woodhouse. But it was life and the inevitable lessons - I suppose - that we all learn as we find our way through life, which finally gave me something to write about. Imagination is one thing, but with the passage of time, the life I now write about is fuller, and far more complicated.