Nothing Tra La La?

The Fundamentalist Queen , a Radio 3 documentary I've produced, is broadcast tonight at 6.45 pm, and will thereafter be available on ...

I'm having a lovely time working on Horrible Histories magazine at the moment, writing poo jokes and investigating stupid deaths. Tod...

First a review of The House of Silk , and then some other items of Sherlockian interest... The  House of Silk  by Anthony Horowitz is a t...

The Village has not exactly been known for its laugh-a-minute joyousness but there was a good joke in episode 3 . Having learned that the ...

These are the old milk churns in which were found rolls and rolls of film of ordinary people larking about, shot by Mitchell and Kenyon ...

Caricature of John Lubbock from Punch , 1882, via Wikipedia. Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past is available on iPlayer for...

Last night I finished a notebook I've kept since 29 December 2011 (when I was in Egypt ). I've kept notebooks since I was in my t...

The Dr has been much absorbed by the second most festive of her Christmas presents, Inconvenient People - Lunacy, Liberty and Mad-Doctors i...

"It seemed to him, as he idled across the channels, that the box was full of freaks: there were mutants – 'Mutts' – on Dr Wh...

Thanks to lovely Abebooks , I'm now the proud owner of a battered paperback of Carl Sagan's Cosmos and a battered hardback (withou...

The Dr sometimes accuses me of tumbling through life as if a guest on QI , where points are scored for top facts and dodging cliche. A while...

This is the Monument , built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London. Climb the 311 steps to the viewing platform – as...