I enjoy writing. I find it cathartic. And I like writing stories that make people feel happy for reading them. But there are other benefits of writing as well. One thing that I learned from writing my blog ‘eclipsed’ and my book – ‘how tom holland eclipsed his dad‘ – is that endeavour is always…
Morning everyone, following the very successful last giveaway of my first novel, Only in America – I am ‘pleased’ to say that it is free again tomorrow at amazon. So if you fancy a novel that you can read in a day – or you have any friends who might fancy it – then please…
Lots of texts and emails from friends and family about Tom’s interview in the Metro today – and not London bound myself today, I might not have seen it. An interview that I have done myself in the past – and an interview for Tom that was not without it’s issues – the journo asking…
Outrage in a Denmark zoo. Despite the protests and the media storm – the Danes went ahead and killed the animal anyway. I quite like this. Not the killing of the animal. I don’t like this at all but I defer to their reasons for doing so – and I admire anyone who does not…
By this I don’t mean that I am great with words. This is for others to say or not. I am not saying that – ‘my books are bloody wonderful’ which is how a lot of self published authors seem to conduct themselves on twitter and elsewhere. What I mean by, I have a thing…
The camera never lies is a cliché. Clichés are clichés because they are invariably true. The camera never lies is a cliché conceived with adults of my age in mind. As they leave youth and head in to the later tranches of life. This is a gradual process – but the actual realisation can be…
I love this video – it’s called – “when you’re first crush calls” – but equally, it could be called – “when a self-employed dad with four kids gets a phone call…
The idea of this bloke running at me and I have to deliberately get in his way is laughable. A prize for anyone guessing the name of this particular legend
As the father of a 17 year old who is about to learn to drive – I read with interest the latest fate of Justin Bieber – arrested for drink driving, drug driving and driving in illegal street car drag racing in Miami. And on quick reflection I have some sympathy with him. I passed…
Sir Bob Geldof was being interviewed on the radio this week and I caught a tiny snippet and was immediately drawn in by his mellifluous tones. But quickly something intrigued me and somehow didn’t ring true. Sir Bob explained that one day he heard a knock on his front door – and it was Albanian…