tomorrow I will be attending the Goya Awards in Madrid – expect a funny post in a day or two.  Eclipsed might now be over but some things are good to rub in…
It is fairly logical that guns and knives are commonly associated with the word, crime. They have let legitimate uses of course, in particular, knives. I use knives every day without a thought of ever being arrested but I understand that in the wrong hands and with different intentions, knives are lethal and illegal….
I enjoyed many years working for various branches of Marks and Spencer. West Ealing, then the daddy of them all, Marble Arch in the warehouse but it all started off working in the posh Kensington High Street. Ken H St was good fun because the various trickle of celebs who regularly dropped in. Headed up by…
It is a good experience getting stuff published in newspapers. The Mail asked me to write a feature after seeing my earlier piece in The Independent. A good experience because it is the oxygen of publicity all epublishers need – or because it is just something new and exciting anyway? Probably a mixture of both. Anyway…
Here’s a very familiar situation – You’re in the airport and you are committed to buying a book. This might be the only book you will read this year, so it is an important decision. But there is so much choice and the 2 for 1 offers are a distraction also. A wall of books…
So my plan was to record a stand up show in order to generate some footage for my forthcoming ebook that I ended up calling – how tom holland eclipsed his dad. Thanks to Pete Harris for help with the title. Pete is my ex-‘manager’ and is mentioned in the book but I still owe…
So this week I was lost and bereft – not because of anything terrible like a bereavement or an illness but because I could not find my wallet. I don’t tend to drama but I was ashen. It was only maybe £50 (I say only these days) and the cards of course but I still…
This is one of the nicest emails I have ever received – and it cheered my day no end… Other people wishing to mail me with similar are very welcome. Hiya Dom, You may not remember – we met when I was compering a gig at a school in Kent and had a long discussion…
Twitter is ultimately a popularity contest – an event played out openly for all to see whether particpants like it or not. How many followers? This is the first question or the first thing that people look at. It denotes status. And the ratio is absolutely central and key - Following : Followed We have all been culled from…