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Off to Scotchland now for a few days to go see the second wife. Who we saw last night anyway to hand over her birthday present. But it is an...

It’s not guns that kill people, as the old proverb goes. It’s the pointy metal thumb in so much of a hurry that it will not stop for flesh. ...

Took the Dr to see Neil Gaiman last night, in the same venue as we saw him last year . Rather than being interviewed by a sleb acquaintance...

The Dr kicked me out while Jane Eyre was on for fear I’d roll my eyes. It’s her favourite book, a comfort in dark times and she’s this thin...

For as long as I can remember stalking secondhand bookshops, there have always been certain regulars. While scanning the shelves for the Tar...

Said I'd paste up the sequel to my Dr Who tour of London . So here it be: Start the day at St Paul's cathedral , again as early as p...

Mighty Joe Lidster told me to set up a MySpace ages ago. I did and then did nothing about it because of spending all my time here. But prom...

Neil Gaiman villainously links to the YouTube posting of Monday's Mastermind , in which a chap called Nick Duffy answers questions on th...

Several years ago, a wise old hermit who lived on the hill behind our house dared suggest that there are two types of lecture. There are tho...

Have had a happy day's writing (plus a brief excursion to hand in a contract) and am onto Scene 10 of 47. The intrepid little brother is...

'Strain current affairs edutainment "60 Minutes" just ran The Overlanders , a 15-minute theeng on the younger brother's ho...

Live and Let Die Yes, I’m rather impressed with Alex and Richard’s idea that Sir Roger Moore learns he’s the new James Bond in his opening...

Today I held in my very hands The Centenarian – the newest Dr Who anthology of thrilling short stories. Wodged within its great wealth of p...

I have learned two new things – both of them obvious to anyone with a brane. Kept awake last night by a rather smashing storm. The pause bet...

Over curry and beer with the Joffstar a couple of weeks ago, we fell into talk of good comics. He kindly leant me the first volume of Ranma...

Sent this shippy review of The Time Travellers , which seems generally pleased with the thing. When I wrote that chapter, the snog seemed le...

The brother in law played something of a blinder with the DVD of “One of our Dinosaurs is Missing” for the Dr’s recent anniversary. Cor, it...

Bob ’s my uncle (and his Mrs used to be my boss at the same time my sister was my landlady). You can now hear the noise he makes at his shin...

A bit surprised by the response from some chums to the death of Steve Irwin (sorry to pick on that site in particular but it's indicati...

Watching a 70s drama about Philby, Burgess & Maclean the other night (in which Derek Jacobi got Richard Hurndall and Arthur Lowe all cr...