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On the flight back from LA a bit more than a month ago, m'colleague Mr Anghelides spoke of lost history. He could not recall, for exam...

“Sunday, December 31st [1978] …I listen to the car radio and hear tales of horror from all over the UK. Edinburgh is almost cut off from the...

Codename Moose turned up at half eight yesterday, when I had hardly begun making my toilet. Mrs Codename Moose had turfed him out into the s...

Hasn't it been ages? I am up to my handsome eyeballs in various books and scripts, and this 'ere blog wossname has been out-prioriti...

Back from a much-needed break to Malaga to see A. and J. (we went to their wedding last year ). Apart from a quick mooch round the Picasso B...

I have been to a stag do and to a funeral, and been off to do interviews in between. Also pitching for something and been asked to do someth...

The rather grainy image right is from a few hours after last night’s eclipse. We sat in the Dolphin and peered out the window as the moon t...

K. is staying with us at the moment. Last night we went to see peg-leg P. who suffers with a broken bone. Ate pizza, drank girlie white booz...

The new issue of Pantechnicon is just out, and features a story by me. For the time being at least, you can read "The Bounty Hunters&qu...

"Church reveals she is pregnant" says the BBC. How very New Adventures.

This was on the wall of our hotel in LA, just down the corridor from our room.

... is like drinking the dirty water left over from washing up. Ick.

Marie Antoinette is a colossal exercise in missing the whole ruddy point. It looks nice and is stylishly played, but the emphasis of the sc...

Dr Who’s companions never seem to suffer from jet lag. I assume this is because the TARDIS monkeys with their brains at the same time it lea...

Am off to LA tomorrow morning for a weekend at the Gallifrey convention . Bought a few new clothes for the occasion, including a stripy hood...

Hello. There used to be a great, long 5,000-word post sat here but someone has asked if they can publish it, and I get money if I take it do...

Am a little behind on my American telly. Have seen up to the end of Season 4 of 24, up to the end of Season 2 of Lost, and nothing at all of...

J. and H. leant us The Muppets Wizard of Oz , which we'd been sort of avoiding seeing. Had been pretty unimpressed with most recent Mupp...

Yesterday was good but long, and I got home in time to fall asleep over pizza. Mmm. Finished off some things today which is rather satisfyin...

There are 1,073 stories in from our writing competition - about 10 times as many as we'd been expecting. Have made a start on reading ha...