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I remember when working bank holidays meant time and a half. Not any more. On Thursday and Friday I was ensconced in a recording studio watc...

Had my picture taken yesterday morning by George Bamford , as part of his “Young Guns” project. The wheeze is he'll snap 100 “young, inf...

I don't usually write about music. The whole point of music is that it's different from writing. Like a joke, the moment you start e...

Watched episode 5.10 of The Wire earlier, and so have finished the series. It's a justly lauded, extraordinary show 'pon which many...

For one reason and another, I've not really been out much over the last few months. But I've been making up for lost time. On Tuesda...

The Inside Story of Benny is beginning to push its way through people's letterboxes - hooray! And the fellows at Kasterborous have an e...

To my amazement, and some four years after I started work on it, The Inside Story of Bernice Summerfield exists. For those who've not b...

The spanking new issue (#260) of Vector magazine includes my review of Bob Fischer's Wiffle Lever to Full . Which reminds me I meant to...

Codename Moose points out that he's now on the IMDB, and straight in to the Guerrier Top 29 at # 7. The sister is at #3, the uncle a...

There's a new interview with me at the Gallifrey Vortex , discussing Dr Who books. Also, I made the Dr watch Star Trek II last night. I...

TV's James Moran is evangelising that you - YOU! - should go and see Moon . But the Dr and I were going anyway, and have just returned....

The Dr took me to see Harry Potter VI last night - the second time she'd seen it. What a lifetime it's been since I read the book . ...

We need to know our birthdays. The hospital, the Passport Office, all sorts of official forms and documents, identify us by our date of birt...

Via Jonny , I’ve been enthralled by the first, 50 year-old season of The Twilight Zone on DVD . It’s a much copied and parodied series, yet ...

"People are too often terrible advertisements for their own beliefs." Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind , p. 357. The Dr took me to...

More details on the day I’m doing in Manchester on 11 October about Doctor Who novels, for which tickets are now available : “The event will...

The new - free! - Big Finish podcast is a Bernice Summerfield special . David Richardson and Lisa Bowerman discuss all things Benny and, bri...

Busy, busy, busy. Lots of different bits of work on and about to go on tour… Tomorrow morning I’m a guest at Faringdon Arts Festival , readi...

In Reading, yesterday, there was the impressive sight of two geeks attempting a barbecue. I can do typing. I can do reaching things from she...

Free stuff! Issue 5 of Big Finish's Vortex magazine is now available for free. Pages 14-15 feature my diary of writing Dr Who & the...