The internet and mobile devices have created complete global interconnectedness and social media has made all our voices equally loud and valid. That this is a great step forward is open to debate but certainly it is a perfect field for division as exemplified by a single word almost no one had heard of only…
Growing up, like many little boys, I dreamt of being famous. The shear thrill of being recognised everywhere I go. I took my shot as well but never quite made such heights as regular readers of this blog will know. And now that my son is very famous and is constantly recognised, I am more…
Having survived my first ever twitter storm – naturally, I decided that I needed more peril in my life and so I broke one my cardinal rules and took Sam and Paddy quad biking. Some friends of mine invited me and because Nikki had already completed said activity and route yesterday, how could I refuse…
Finally, I have become a “twitter storm…” And for this I must thank something called Stan Twitter – which I don’t know of nor understand but apparently, it is a thing and why after 10,000 retweets, an adverse story about Dominic Holland has been doing the rounds and picked up elsewhere, including the Metro…
Summertime is the downtime for professionally funny people. Most people are away and those who aren’t don’t wish to be cooped up inside. It is wonderfully quirky then that the Edinburgh festival confounds such logic and grows bigger each year – as comedians seek their fame and fortune and are happy to risk financial oblivion…
By this blog title I am nor referring to its size but its outcome. I have mentioned here before that my carefully laid plans for my most successful book launch to date have been laid bare and hopelessly exposed. And yet I could not be prepared for the ice berg that awaited me on 29th…
