Twitter is commonly used these days as a barometer of fame and/or success. I have long known that @tomholland1996 would outgun @domholland – and it has duly happened today which many people have gleefully been pointing out to me – so a good job I can take it and see the upside as well. And it’s a…
Tomorrow I am going to be on the Iain Dale Show on LBC 97.3 – a little after 12.30am discussing my book – how tom holland eclipsed his dad – which has now been joined on Amazon by my previous novels, Only in America and The Ripple Effect – and the latest novel, A Man’s Life…
Today’s news – tomorrow’s fish n chip wrapping is how the saying goes… so for those of you who missed the piece in yesterday’s Independent, here it is… * It is the natural order of things that successive generations will achieve more than their predecessors. Jim McCartney was a professional trumpeter and had a son…
A long time coming and a little later than ideal but I am very pleased to announce that yesterday I managed to upload my ebook to Amazon. The title of the book was always going to be Eclipsed – until someone on twitter pointed out that my book would get lost next to the Twilight phenomenon….
Download the original version of Hobbs’ Journey by Dominic Holland HERE to read on the go… First published by Dominic Holland in 2003 Hobbs ambled along London’s Park Lane. It was a warm June evening and he was proudly wearing his dinner suit which had served him so well over the years. He couldn’t recall…
There is much chatter about the The Impossible and I am sure more to come this weekend. I have no issues with criticisms of the film per se. It is a subjective thing. But I would like to contribute to the debate about the ‘whitewashing’ of the film across the broadsheets and internet. Most of this…
Not wishing to be mawkish but for one reason or another – 2012 was a tough year for me – and 2013 is very welcome. 2013 has started spectularly well. The first day of 2013 was remarkable. It bagan with a party at our house that finshed in the small hours and resumed later in the…
(welcome to any readers from mumsnet – I hope you enjoy this post and feel inclined to delve in to this extraordinary true story of parenthood…) If I had more time and was more technically skilled, this would be an easy take to write – collating all the VT footage and press cuttings from the last month or so, to put things…
My plan is to write a final and full take – at some point today – and post at some point tomorrow. This is unlikely to happen. I can only write this now because my entire family are currently watching Merlin. To repeat myself and to borrow the funniest catchphrase on telly at the moment – please…
A family’s ‘Impossible’ journey of healing 0 Twitter 2 WALLY SKALIJ, LOS ANGELES TIMES Actress Naomi Watts, left, portrays Maria Belon in “The Impossible.” BY NICOLE SPERLING,Los Angeles Times December 23, 2012 Maria Belón wasn’t proud of her dumb luck. It had been nearly three years since the Indian Ocean tsunami roared into her…