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I was the guest / breakfast of Kahmeela and Marcella on episode 77 of the Revisiting Sunnydale podcast , for a lively natter about my bo...

This new graphic novel about the Apollo 11 Moon landing is illustrated by Mike Collins who a) shares his name with the Command Module pi...

On 18 July 2017, Lord Horam gave a speech in the House of Lords during a debate on the EUC report Brexit: Trade in Goods . At one point (...

Out now, the super splendid  Essential Doctor Who - Adventures in the Future (from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine ) has a couple of t...

Recording here each book I finish reading, I've skipped the stuff read to my children because the Dr does shifts with bedtime books s...

Big Finish have announced details of The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles , including one by me: The Top of the Tree by Simon Guerrier ...

The nice people at Gosh! recommended this when I said I was after something to intrigue the Lord of Chaos, in our efforts to get him to ...

It has taken months and been painfully more expensive than expected, but I now have a shed/office up and running, and my daughter no longer...

Last night I was again the guest of the Hastings Writers' Group to give feedback on and announce the winner of their science-fiction ...

This was research for something I'm working on at the moment. It's the book version of the Royal Institution Christmas lectures de...

A long time ago when I was not so broken and old, I made a point of finishing every book begun, enjoyable, insightful or not. These days,...

In January, I took the Lord of Chaos to see the Pixar film  Coco at the cinema. It held him transfixed, but I'd already given my hear...

The Time Ladies and Big Finish have announced a thrillingly thrilling short story competition for the Bernice Summerfield range . Th...

Bladerunner 2049 This is not a film designed to be watched on a small, square screen on a plane, the naked bits pixellated and the swearin...

I really enjoyed this rollicking thriller by the author of The Martian . Like that, it's full of practical problem-solving in space, ...

I'm afraid that this odd but acclaimed novel about a grieving father (namely, Abraham Lincoln) left me a bit cold. All sorts of thi...