My brothers and I, we’re all massive fans of the Thames television adaptation of The Wind in the Willows from the mid-eighties. Do you know the one I mean? The one with David Jason as the voice of Toad and Chief Weasel, and Michael Horden as Badger. Anyway. At the beginning of each episode, the …
Writing Tips: “That” Scene…
People often ask me how the writing’s going. Right now the answer is: really well, thanks—and for once it’s not a lie. I’m being as productive as I’ve been in a long time, and I’m loving it. The words are flowing like… er, well, something really flowy. Anyway, as I write, things occur to me. So, I …
“I don’t really get it,” says almost everyone under thirty
Millions of millennials are struggling to understand the majority of the irony presented to them today, it has been revealed. Overloaded with a multitude of memes, pseudo-philosophical bullshit, and motivational quotes created by morons who are unable to use apostrophes, today’s young …
27 things Mr. Small’s class learnt last year
Yep. It’s that time of year again—the last day of the summer hols. Back to school tomorrow. There'll be tears, and there'll be tantrums, and there'll no doubt be one or two that simply refuse to leave the house come the morning... The kids probably aren't too happy about going back, either. …
A Writer’s Journey
And so we wrote. Didn’t we, Matty? Yes, indeedy. After all, there was nothing else for it… We were living abroad, in Spain, and we were hating it. We were hating it so much, for so many reasons. And so we woke up early—we had to, anyway, in order to catch the train, in turn to catch the bus, …