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The gringo who so often harangues me for not updating this thing has started his very own blog . Keep up with his adventures as he explores ...

Snapped here is James Butler's 2000 Fleet Air Arm Monument, which I think is haunting and beautiful. The not-brilliant photography maybe...

How sad about Heath Ledger . No, I didn't know him or anything like that. I haven't even got a lame-o showbiz story about having bee...

Having spent the day trying to get words to work right on Saturday, the Dr took me out for the evening. We went for pizza and then Much Ado ...

Last post on this subject, I promise. Went to Manchester yesterday to sign more copies of Dr Who and the Pirate Loop. It was more exclusive ...

This last week I have mostly been doing back flips through fiery hoops. But fiery hoops are my speciality, so you prepare the ground, put on...

Went to see a preview screening of Sweeney Todd! at the NFT last night, which included a surprise Q&A with director Tim Burton. Burton...

Julio Angel Ortiz's quick interview with me is now up on his site. It includes a fetching portrait that's not the usual mugging, cr...

I keep meaning to blog about books I've read and TV and films I've seen, but other matters keep taking priority. I've finally go...

Accidentally fell into the pub last night, and met many wondrous new people. At least two of these were already my writing bee-atches, but I...

The monstrously talented Red Scharlach has created an avatar of Archibald the space pirate badger. And I am giddy with excitement. There'...

Having not been fagged to do anything special to mark the end of 2007, we ended up having a fine old party with several splendid fellows and...

Hello again. I've had a lovely few days off, gorging on food and pals and telly. Dr Who + Kylie + Bernard Cribbens = WIN . I think I mig...

Stuart Ian Burns seems to be the first person I don't actually know to have read Doctor Who and the Pirate Loop, which he's reviewed...

Just heard that Fuat Deniz was murdered last week. I last saw Fuat just over two years ago, when I was over in Sweden . I can see him vivid...

It was reading Prime Witness that finally prompted me to make an effort with the Ascent of Man . It’s the third of BBC 2’s decades-old, pre...

The Big Finish website has been updated with the final cover for my final Benny play, The Wake. It may well be my favourite of all Ade Salmo...

To the NFT last night for their annual Missing Believed Wiped night, a hotch potch collection of roughly snipped snippets of dodgy old tell...

The third law of thermodynamics can crudely be put as follows: Things fuck up. The more one tries to unfuck them, the more they get fucked u...

In the run-up to The Pirate Loop being available in all good bookshops, I shall be posting some space-pirate badgers. First off, here's...