Lost in space…

The word to use might be blithe or glib. Or more likely, foolhardy given that so few of us know anything about what we are agreeing to when we accept cookies. It is drummed into us as kids never to

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Working Hard

Two things occur to me listening to this clip… That a strong work ethic is a talent in itself and one that Tom has relied heavily on throughout his short but already significant career. During his time playing Billy in

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Standing Ovation

Standing Ovations are a great honour unless they are pre-arranged like the ones we see at political rallies. Ovations are most powerful if they are spontaneous like the one Tom and I discuss in this clip, given by the Toronto

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Which book? Choose carefully…

To Crete with some friends recently and in an airport book shop – I am feeling stressed, hopeful and a little overwhelmed… keen to make a good choice. Authors I’ve heard of – reassuring because I’ve heard of them, right?

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Harry Shitting His Pants…

When writing Eclipsed and indeed in my ongoing life and my career output, one of my golden rules is not to compromise my boys nor to embarrass them. Which explains why I have not included in Eclipsed the awkward incident in Thailand

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Takes on Life Vol.1

Takes on Life strikes me as a good book title for a non-fiction funny book. Takes being used as a verb – as in to take on something like a challenge. And also my take…  as in my perspective on

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A timely blog…

Good morning everyone, Because I hope this site can become as much for people who want to write – as it is a site to promote my writing and books – I wanted to write a quick post about the

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Tom who?

Like in all things human, there is a hierarchy within comedy. Comedians understand this and we accept it. Not all comedians are the same. Some comedians are funnier than others and the funniest comedians tend to be the most famous

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