Or at least we will see what has worked so well for Time Out, The Evening Standard and Metro But after a considerable effort on my part – I have made Only in America fee to all people with any kind of smart phone, tablet or kindle – just visit smashwords.com and chuck OIA in…
Recording this show today – to include In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend – and my choice – the funniest novel I have ever read – The Snapper by Roddy Doyle…
Last night, the whole world felt relief for the unfortunate Marcelo when Brazil drew levelĂ‚Â and then went on to win. But the most relieved Brazilian player was hopefullyĂ‚Â Fred because when Oscar scored – it rendered his cheating penalty null and void. Like everyone else, I could see that the referee had called it wrong and…
Or it could an auspicious dayĂ‚Â ifĂ‚Â the book turns out to a winner. A flier as they say orĂ‚Â bestseller? In book shops I am always struck by just howĂ‚Â many books lay claim to beingĂ‚Â theĂ‚Â international number one best seller… Anyway, today 12th June 2104 – I have finished the first draft of my fourth novel, Open Links….
A great Saturday night last week for the Holland family. A familiar one and a new one for different reasons. Nikki and I have long supported the Anthony Nolan Trust – a charity that every year saves people’s lives. The charity stages the Daisy Ball at the Grosvenor House hotel each year – the daddy…
All comics will write a sit-com. And I mean ALL comics. And almost all of these shows will never get made. And of those that do – most of them are poor and last just one series. Over the years, I have written many sit-coms and tomorrow – after some 20 years, at 10pm on…
Interesting thing being famous – or trying to be/remain famous. I am not terribly bright. I am certainly not very well educated and what I have gleaned over the years, I have trouble retaining. And given how we revere ‘intelligence’ in our modern society – the idea of appearing on a television show designed to…
There are some big football stories kicking about today. The sacking of David Moyes as Manchester United manager is a shock but only in so far as the Premier League is now desperately short of Scottish managers as well as players. Then there is the Chelsea fixture this evening when all football fans with a…
Sorry if this appears to be mawkish – but I wanted to write a timely memorial to a boy who was at school with me. Joe McCarthy was a year younger than me. His elder brother Jeremy was in my year and was a good friend of mine, as was Joe until something happened and…
On Good Friday – the day that Jesus died – I got to thinking about the people who have passed from my world of comedy and I thought it would be appropriate to pay my brief tribute to each of them… Z Or Zed. I am not really sure how it was spelt. Z is…