Tom Holland is now taller than me. This is very exciting for me. As a young dad I was once asked by the BBC what I hoped for my first son. Dunno, but definitely to be taller than me… I meant this as a joke but secretly I really meant it as well. Well, last…
BAFTA and Burberry Pick 17 Breakthrough Brits 9:44 AM PDT 9/25/2013 by Stuart Kemp 0 2 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Tom Holland in “The Impossible” Names on the inaugural list include actor Tom Holland (“The Impossible”), filmmaker Rowan Athale and writer Dominic Mitchell (TV’s “In the Flesh”). LONDON – ActorĂ‚Â Tom Holland, who appeared…
It might be an unearthly hour – but tonight (or more accurately, Weds am) – between 1am and 2am – I will be a guest on business matters – hopefully being entertaining, insightful and concealing the fact that I know nothing about business. Just so you know, thereĂ‚Â is a new thing called theĂ‚Â BBC iplayerĂ‚Â which I…
Not a bus man really. My kids are though. They take buses to school and here, there and everywhere. Buses feature large in the Holland family. Just yesterday for instance,Ă‚Â I saw two buses – one emblazoned with Naomi Watts in the forthcoming Diana – and one emblazoned with Saoirse RonanĂ‚Â in the forthcoming How I Live…
Bumped in to an old school friend the other day. I’m talking primary school here, so going back over 30 years. She recognised me instantly, presumably becauseĂ‚Â of my career? Dom – she called out and immediately I felt an enormous pressure. This was not a fan. This was someone who knew me – from my…
As an author who has recently published two new books, naturally I am interested in any book that is described as a viral sensation. Not so interested that I bothered with any of the ’50 shades…’ nonsense – but Gone Girl kept prodding me untilĂ‚Â I finally relented and got stuck in. Having finished it, I…
This morning I was bleary eyed – sorting out various bowls of various cereals – frying eggs to try and coincide with beige toast – all whilst keeping anĂ‚Â ear on BBC Radio5. My boys and their breakfast squabbles are alwaysĂ‚Â louder than the radio but this morning, somehow my antennae latched on to a name. It…
I expect like most authors,Ă‚Â I frequentlyĂ‚Â check on-line forĂ‚Â news of sales and particularly of reviews. WhenĂ‚Â I was first published,Ă‚Â it was all about getting reviewed in national newspapers andĂ‚Â magazines. ButĂ‚Â now with my latest two ebooks, I didn’t try toĂ‚Â generate any formal reviews at all. Now itĂ‚Â is all about people’s reviews -Ă‚Â actual readers – and I write thisĂ‚Â short…
This week I received a tweet that delighted me.Ă‚Â It went as follows Derek W Shakespeare?@cookchef117h have just completed reading Eclipsed by @domholland -a fantastically written book,just brilliant!! Derek was at school with me. We weren’t best mates but he has come to a few shows over the years and I remember him with affection –…
People who have read the epilogue of my book – how tom holland eclipsed his dad – will be pleased/interested to know that today I have a meeting with a production company along these very lines. Deluded. Me? I was right all along…