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In 1896, Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate the disappearance of Thomas Kellway from a locked room with a window in the door,...

"This Sherlock Homes story was published in 1890 so contains actions and attitudes reflective of the Victorian era in which it was ...

The middle chapter of The Book of Dust is thrilling, rich and downright weird. Since reading volume one - La Belle Sauvage - I've go...

Yesterday, the splendid lot at Big Finish announced Susan's War - a box-set of audio adventures in which we find out what Doctor Who&...

The February issue of the Lancet Psychiatry includes my  "Once bitten", my review of the book Dracula for Doctors by Fiona Sub...

Ten year-old Aniyah is a star hunter, an astronomer, thrilled by the discovery of a new star in the night sky. But she thinks the star is...

This wasn't what I expected. As a classic of science-fiction, I thought it would be engineer-heroes conquering the frontier and debat...

Doctor Who Magazine 2020 Yearbook Doctor Who Magazine 's 2020 Yearbook is now out, with exclusive access to the cast and crew of th...

The new issue of Lancet Psychiatry (January 2020) features my review of the Wellcome Collection's current exhibition, "Play Well...

The new issue of  Doctor Who Magazine is out today, with plenty of exciting stuff about the forthcoming new series. I've also resea...

This fascinating new book on the medical context of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula is by Fiona Subotsky - a retired professor of p...

Reign of the Robots , the Dan Dare story by Frank Hampson for Eagle comic that I adapted for audio, will be broadcast on Radio 4 Extra late...

The new issue of medical journal the Lancet Psychiatry includes a review by me: " Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee is the story of t...

Yesterday, I attended Conan Doyle and London , a one-day symposium organised by the Institute of English Studies and linked to the forthcom...

After Case Histories  comes One Good Turn , which brings former soldier, cop and private detective Jackson Brodie out of retirement, ruin...

Helen Lewis has written a very good overview in The Atlantic  of Samira Ahmed's case against the BBC over pay discrimination . It inclu...

Out tomorrow, the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine names the writers and directors of next year's TV series, and details the results...

Episode 86 of the Galactic Yo-Yo podcast features an interview with me talking about writing Doctor Who books and audios, and confessin...

A few months after reading The Tombs of Atuan , I'm back in Earthsea for a third instalment. It's been "seventeen years, or ...

Around the childcare, the Dr and I had turns this week to stand in solidarity with Samira Ahmed taking the BBC to tribunal over unequal p...