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My interview last month with Sefi Atta, author of A Bit of Difference , is now available in full on YouTube. The interview was part of Macfe...

Two teenage friends, Freda and Florence, run away from home in York in 1926 and head to London to make their fortunes on the stage. Gwendole...

Various people recommended this captivating novel in which I’ve been completely immersed. That’s fitting, because it’s all about the solace ...

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out today and boasts lots of exclusive, behind-the-scenes stuff about the recent TV series. I'v...

Responding to an alien distress call, the Doctor and Ruby arrive in Estonia a few days before the Battle of the Ice on 5 April 1242 .  ...

The official Doctor Who website has announced my new book, The Time-Travelling Almanac , to be published on 3 October. It is illustrated b...

I was in London for a bit on Saturday to attend the live recording of the final Eggpod , where I caught up with several good friends. Having...

Issue 43 The new issue of free online Doctor Who fanzine Whotopia*  is now available, and includes a tribute to the late actor William Russe...

"There could be no doubt, thought Adam, that the death of Edwin Shorthouse was not much regretted by Peacock or anyone else connected w...

This is a sharp, funny memoir by someone behind a glut of much loved children's TV, including Jackanory , Rentaghost and  Round the Twis...

New David Whitaker related information! This short memoir by Robin Squire was recommended to me by Doctor Who assistant location manager Ale...

The new issue of the official Doctor Who Magazine is out today. Having hogged loads of the last issue , this time I've contributed one ...

I'm interviewed by Nancy Norbeck on the latest episode of the Follow Your Curiosity podcast, which you can find on YouTube and all thes...

Deola Bello works for a company in London that audits charities and NGOs around the world. She arranges one assignment so that she'll be...

Bestselling author Athena Liu asks her friend June Hayward to look over a manuscript she has written using an old, manual typewriter - the o...

"'Let's go left,' Cadogan suggested. 'After all, Gollancz is publishing this book.'" (p. 87) It's more tha...

I've just received my contributor copy of the new Doctor Who Magazine special, Print the Legend , which tells the complete story of ever...

I read this on holiday as research for something I'm working on at the moment. Dr Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton, explores d...

I've somehow got two editions of this little book, originally published as part of the Thinker's Library by CA Watts & Co in 192...

View from our hotel Back from a nice week in hot, sunny Athens. As the Dr said, it's been fascinating to see what the kids made of the p...