http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/authors/valerie-mendes/ Recent content in Valerie Mendes on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/5/minotaur/ Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/5/minotaur/ One morning in early June 1990 I caught a train from Oxford and went to see my bank manager in London. "I want to start my own publishing consultancy, " I told him. "I've spent twenty-five years in the industry. I've developed a series of specialisms which no single publishing house can satisfy. My second bedroom will make a perfect office. I can write, edit, research, project manage. I want to offer a top-quality service.