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There's another "Sufficient Data" infographic at the back of the new Doctor Who Magazine , written by me and illustrated by Be...

This was the perfect accompaniment to my journey to London and back for the Nigel Kneale centenary , and not only because it fitted the driv...

What a thrill to be at the Picturehouse Cinema in Crouch End yesterday, in the shadow of Alexandra Palace, for the centenary celebration of ...

This is a very odd love letter to Australia, begun soon after the author emigrated there in the summer of 1950 and published in 1952. I borr...

Oh what joy, a Rivers of London adventure we could share with the ten year-old as we drove down to my mum's for the Easter weekend. We t...

Samira and I were interviewed by Paul Simpson at Sci-fi Bulletin about our recent Radio 4 documentary, Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse .  Archive...

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is devoted to forthcoming Easter TV special Legend of the Sea Devils , but there are a couple of bits ...

17 years ago today, on 26 March 2005, Doctor Who returned to TV after an absence of almost as long. That first new episode Rose is still fr...

Two years ago, Backlisted devoted an episode to  The Inheritors , the second novel by William Golding, author of  The Lord of the Flies . Ev...

This extraordinary, meticulously researched book is an essential read just now. Belton charts the rise and rise of Vladimir Putin from his e...

It took a while to get into this 1956 novel by William Golding, and after the first few pages of a man struggling in water mixed up with bit...

Our documentary, Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse , has made tonight's Pick of the Week on Radio 4, presented by Geoff Lloyd . Hooray! It'...

"The frank, uncensored story of what really happens in the making of a super-film," promises the back-cover blurb on Roger Moore a...

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine features "Silver Screen", in which Rhys Williams and I explore the writing and production de...

I mentioned Stuart Hood in my last post  because I recently saw him in an episode of the BBC's Talkback from 7 November 1967, with six m...

Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday 5 March. Produced by me and brother Thomas, it’s presented by Samira Ah...

The latest issue of the Doctor Who: Chronicles (from the makers of  Doctor Who Magazine ) is focused on the year 2007, which in a weird, sc...

I've been meaning to get to this mystery novel for years. The Dr is a fan of Josephine Tey, and also of Nicola Upson's series of nov...