Most people reading this will immediately know that my blog title refers to Radio 4’s programme, Just A Minute. Here's a fact: I’d be...

A lovely thing happened last week. How The Penguins Saved Veronica (the USA edition of Away With The Penguins) was chosen as a finalist...

It’s an emotional thing being a writer. We have to get right inside the characters we create, and we feel every knock, dilemma and...

I seem to remember there was a book that was written all in on sentence and it won a very prestigious prize and thats what im going to do...

It’s almost the end of 2020 and wow, hasn’t this year tried our patience? I can't really (or at least, shouldn't) complain. I’ve been...

You really should take a look at penguins. Penguins will help. Not only are they a welcome distraction from the news right now, but they...

I am always happy to chat about penguins, or about harps.