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Writer | Authorised biographer of S. Rajaratnam, a core founding leader of Singapore |Author of the best-selling The Singapore Lion and The Lion’s Roar | Former award-winning Singapore journalist | Nature lover | Gardener | Based in Scotland
Join me this evening on BBC’s Beechgrove Garden as I talk about Japanese maples (or Acers). The episode will be aired today WED 27 AUG @ 19:30 on BBC Scotland.
It will also appear on BBC iPlayer once it’s aired
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Ok it’s official: I am presenting a segment of the popular BBC Beechgrove Garden programme a few times over the course of this year. The first one airs next week. I just caught this trailer in this week’s programme. Hope you will
enjoy the show on Thursday on BBC Scotland and Friday nation-wide.
Hello, Song Thrush. This delightful bird is famed for its characterful vocalisations. It has undergone quite a dramatic decline in recent decades, so am glad to see several in my garden. This one is foraging for insects as well as gathering some choice material for a nest. See you again soon!
Hello Mrs Bumble Bee, humming a happy tune and buzzing about the cherry blossoms. Welcome back to my garden!
What fun reading all the #scotwriterpitch2025 blurbs. Inspiring platform😃
London Calling: For 12 years, Malayan rebel S. Rajaratnam wandered the streets of London, through WW2 and more. Found his path as a powerful short story writer, wrote for BBC. Ended up a founding leader of Singapore. Collection of his literary work shows universal themes.
#scotwriterpitch2025
“The Terrorist & Other Stories ”, written in London in the 1930s - 40s by S. Rajaratnam, a renowned Malayan writer who became one of Singapore’s founding leaders. Also wrote BBC scripts. So much has changed between his time and ours but the human condition remains the same.
#scotwriterpitch2025
How I love gardens. Throwback to my appearance in the Beechgrove Garden last year. Snippet here. Hope it can inspire others to create their own sanctuaries, even in small spaces.
“Timeless Treasures”: Anthology of luminous short stories and BBC scripts written during WW2 in London. Themes remain relevant today. Crafted by Malayan S. Rajaratnam, classed with Pulitzer winner Rabindranath Tagore.
Rajaratnam later became Singapore’s founding leader.
#scotwriterpitch2025
He whetted the literary tastebuds of Forster, Orwell. Wrote BBC scripts through WW2. Yet few today know of the stories by S. Rajaratnam, a Malayan based in London 1936-1947. Later became a Singapore founding leader. Anthology includes work published for the first time. #scotwriterpitch2025
12 Years in London: Anthology of BBC scripts and stories by S. Rajaratnam, who lived in London 1935 – 1947. He was published alongside the literary greats - Hemingway, Chekhov, Tagore. Later became a Singapore founding leader. Introduction by his authorised biographer Irene Ng. #scotwriterpitch2025
“And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.” - John Keats
My book The Lion’s Roar was selected by Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as one of his favourite books for 2025.
Bestseller on Amazon after launch
Live on national radio to discuss my two-volume biography of S Rajaratnam