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Watched the Battlestar Galactica mini-series in one sitting last night, and have the series to follow. Yes, I am several years behind. And...

This week I have mostly been feeling like the eponymous Mark of Mark and his Monocycle , the classic work by David McKee , which no one else...

To the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology last night for a sneaky peek at the "Framing the Archaeologist" exhibition. It's...

“'A fool always wants to shorten space and time; a wise man wants to lengthen both.' John Ruskin – who had never tried to walk to th...

Here's my talk at the Royal Observatory from Tuesday night, which seemed to go down okay. The use and abuse of science in Doctor Who Hel...

Busy writing up my talk for tomorrow evening in Greenwich on the use and abuse of science in Doctor Who . Meanwhile, m'colleague Mark Mo...

Went to see Mother Courage and her Children at the National last night, which is not – as I'd hoped – a nursery rhyme with a happy endi...

Amazon have cover, cast and blurb for my forthcoming Blake's 7 plays - "The Dust Run" and "The Trial" . Back as the ...

Swansea was great fun. Met some old mates and made some new ones, and pleased to have finally have met Leslie after we've corresponded...

First details are up at www.canyousaveher.com of "Girl Number 9", a six-part dark drama thingie written by James Moran and starr...

Just raising my head from an ocean of exciting, unannounced work things to say hello. Hello. Also, I'll be in Swansea this weekend for t...

As I type these words, I'm listening to the first episode of a 1989 radio series. It's on radio and it's 20 years later, but the...

Had a fine weekend in Brussels, sampling beer and museums. It was a little odd how quiet the museums were, and how many had bits closed or e...

To the posh singing last night as a first birthday treat for the Dr. Scarlet Opera 's Orfeo ed Euridice is on until Saturday at the Brid...

The spangly seventh issue of free Big Finish magazine Vortex includes news of a new thing of mine. "Shadow of the Past" will be o...

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...