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Popped round to see Nimbos last night and many shiny treats. As well as the long-awaited Heroes #12 (Eccles!), he showed off the first two...

Got talking about acceptable swearwords (again) and the origins of words like "bloke". Scooby Doo's (or rather Shaggy's) &...

After a long day forging sense from the senseless yesterday, I had a chilly wait for the homeward-bound train. Freelancing for such disparat...

Hello from amid a giddy whirlwind of activity. A festive bout of man-flu suggests that perhaps I should have some sleep, while deadlines and...

Am re-watching Michael Palin’s adventure Round the World in 80 Days . It’s, ahem, research for a current writing project, which means seeing...

Full of cold and feeling stupid, so here’s one I started elsewhere. “Full of challenging ideas you want to argue with,” is how Joan Bakewell...

Alerted by m’colleague Paul Cornell , I have paid my 79p to iTunes and now own Neil Hannon singing Murray Gold’s “Love Don’t Roam”. It’s th...

It has all been a bit hectic recently, with people's birthdays amid a leviathan of work. The best mate, whose birthday it was on Saturda...

Being a Big Boss, you often get to tell at your legions to Jump. "How high?" they will say. Or more often, "How many words, b...

Have been comparing the post-Christmas tummy with m’learned colleagues, as well as sharing methods for working it all off. One chum restrict...

Blimey, this is my 400th post. The Mission Song is another corker from John le Carre – not exactly a huge departure from his previous work,...

Things you can do with your Doctor Who Money , as made available at the fun-packed official website of official fun-packed Dr Who: Happy Phi...

Today's heading is from my friend and one-time colleague R., in response to a post on the Outpost Gallfrey forum . I've spent a lot ...

Sci-fi futures, even those set only a few days away, are often without a monarchy. The only one I can think of that’s not got some comedy ki...

M’learned chums keep on at me r.e. books I have not read. This is not entirely unfair, as I’m on at them back about The Sparrow and Riddley...

Hope your Christmi were as splendid as ours, brimming with red wine and roast goose. In amongst the exciting haul of goodies from yesterday,...

“‘ People like to read about someone who is deeper in the shit than they are,’ [Bernard] said. In fact the real reason for his popularity wa...

Our Bumper Book of Daleks is just reaching people, a hair's breadth prior to Christmas. Hooray! As a special bonus, you can read online...

Entertaining, boozy meet with chums in Paddington last night, where I may have veered into ranty. Sorry, R., who will be reading this. Much ...

Escape is a fixture in escapist fiction. Our heroes look sly and resourcedul when they can break out of cells, baddie bases and countries us...