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Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger was one of my favourite books as a kid, mostly because I could read it in a single sitting. With illustra...

A few things to announce, excitingly. First, I've written for the eleventh Doctor Who. My four-page comic strip "Booked Up" ap...

I've done a quick interview with Nebula One about writing Doctor Who stuff . Also busy on all sorts of things. More soon.

It's grey and rainy in Glasgow today, so rather than gadding about at museums and getting a tan, I've stayed in my hotel room workin...

"We, the war children's adult offspring routinely see shrinks, talk about our IVF (all those granny-alikes wheeling their girl-boy ...

The IVF didn't work. Me and the Dr can't have our own kids.* It's not unexpected - the odds were always stacked against us - bu...

I've been added to the otherwise impressive line-up of guests at the Utopia Doctor Who convention at posh Heythorp Park Hotel over the w...

At Easter, we true disciples celebrate the resurrection of the saviour of mankind. And then over-earnestly debate the merits of bow-ties and...

I have already blogged about James and the Giant Peach , Revolution in the Head and Fantastic Mr Fox . Will write up my notes on The Defenc...

Just this second handed in a script, to find that Big Finish have announced the Graceless mini-series . The three CD box-set is written by ...

View from the 11th floor of Tower Wing at Guy's Hospital.

I don't think I'd ever read Fantastic Mr Fox , though I knew it backwards from an audio version released on tape in the early 1980s....

To quote my wise chum Toby Hadoke , “Who needs facts when you've got an opinion?” First, in the Independent, Gerard Gilbert slags off th...

Four images for your delight and excitement. 1. Bernice Summerfield toy A fantastic surprise present from Monster Maker yesterday, a custom...

The last of my old Film Focus reviews , this done for a special edition DVD of The Great Escape (1963). The Great Escape Reviewed 13 May 200...

Another old Film Focus thing , this time an interview with director Dave McKean to go with my review of Mirrormask . Was thrilled to speak ...

More of my old reviews from Film Focus . This one got me mentioned on Neil Gaiman's blog - with a corresponding explosion of hits to t...

Eddie Robson kindly bought me Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald , a history of the Beatles song by song. This was after he'd seen ...

Another old Film Focus review . I worked with Noel Clarke just before Christmas, so it's probably just as well I said nice things. Kidu...

Yesterday, I got to walk through the very first tunnel built under the Thames . Built between 1825 and 1840 by Marc Brunel and his son Isamb...