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First published on 16 July 1992, this was the second of a series of illustrated, non-fiction comedy titles written by Terrance Dicks for Pic...

A fortnight ago, I was again at the BBC’s Written Archives Centre to undertake more research for my forthcoming biography of Terrance Dicks....

Art UK has posted a new piece by me, "Pretty ugly: Honoré Daumier drawing for print" . If that sort of thing is of interest, here ...

I said a couple of years ago that the experience of reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles was a bit like a conversation with my lat...

This book has been more of a challenge than previous entries in the list of 236 books by Terrance Dicks . It is not as well known as many of...

It's been fun to revisit this novel as part of my research into the BBC-1 Classic Serials of the 1980s worked on by Terrance Dicks. He w...

As expected, Alexander Baron’s autobiography confirms that various elements of his novel The Lowlife (1963) are based on real life: his ow...

Published in 1990, this short, 174-page book examines the process of adapting “classic” novels for the screen. “Intended for a general as we...