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In December, the Harrogate Theatre will be home to Sleeping Beauty , as written by friend and mentor, Nick “Is it ‘cos I is Black Dalek?” Pe...

Trying to explain why a consultant I'd worked with had made himself None At All Friends, this analogy popped into my head - and right th...

Joined those siblings not in Australia last night to celebrate my dad's significant birthday. Dined well on chicken livers and steak, an...

"131. We all act through life, and each of us selects the special audience he wishes to impress. When this audience is not looking at u...

With the Dr back tomorrow from her sojourn north of the border and after a very long day’s toiling myself, I’ve just finished the 1981 BBC D...

Yesterday's mention of sea changes reminds me of something else. I'd not realised until recently that the world being someone's ...

From his hilltop retreat on the far side of the Continent (living what might almost be a monastic existence were he not shacked up with two ...

It was only announced last week that the guv’nor is leaving his job , but I’ve of course known a bit longer than that. Making me the Gary Ru...

M'colleagues have set up a new blog about our very much forthcoming Dr Who anthology, "The Centenarian" . I have a written a ...

Introduction Part one      

Introduction       To be continued in part two . 

This is the cover of "The Universal War", which I wrote (and drew) when I was about ten. Happy birthday, Tom. Part one to follow. ...

Good news first. Having blogged yesterday I popped to the shops for a copy of the Times - and was a bit surprised to find that the brother&...

K.'s 39th birthday (you can trust me on this) went smashingly on Saturday, in a lovely little pub by Euston with a DJ and dancing and l...

Five things I have learned in the last couple of days: David Darlington is a hero. I., my evil overlord guv'nor, does not like pineappl...

For the first time since I went freelance 47 months ago, I have missed a deadline. The particular boss has been terribly understanding and i...

Is a word I learned today. Its the state of having shared geographical borders, so is a bit like "proximity" but a bit snugglier. ...

Arg. This is something of an understatement, but will have to suffice for this family blog. On Saturday my already packed schedule got a lit...

Have just finished Right ho, Jeeves , in which Bertram Wooster finds himself in tricky circs. as he struggles to help out his chums. Newting...

Spent some of today ringing round people trying to make something happen. Fingers crossed it will all go swimmingly, but there's somethi...