The laws of twitter

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…

The packed tube look

If circumstances inform and inspire my stand-up comedy, then it follows that with change, that my routines might become obsolete. I used to have a very successful routine on fax machines which would mean nothing now and certainly garner few laughs. Similarly, I used to have a routine that I called the ‘packed tube look’. …

browsers welcome

Browsers are very welcome to this site – to mooch around and hopefully get something that they are after. The site has become extraordinarily busy in the last month – so much so, that my engineer type people are telling me that we need a larger server – which I suppose is flattering – until I…

how tom holland eclipsed his dad is published

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….

Hobbs’ Journey – A short story by Dominic Holland

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…

In my opinion…

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…