This year has been weird and unexpected in fantastic ways. As it draws to a close, I wanted to point out some of the many things I did not see coming. 1. Freddie I am a dab hand at being an uncle now. I have three godchildren, two nephews and a niece. For some reason, […]
Category Archives: It’s Actually Quite Nice Being Me
An Open Letter to Tim Rop (Bellhop)
Dear Tim, I am sorry we had to part so soon. I would like to thank you for occupying my body for a day. It was really something. I just wanted to take the time to talk about what you went through and how awesome it was for me to be a part of Southend’s […]
Adventure
I try to be a good influence. I try not to let on, especially to the children in my life (godchildren, niece, nephew, cousins), that I am a terrible role model. Imagine my surprise when last weekend I was presented with my godson Toby’s first story, which is to be published in a collection. He […]
Desert Island Films.
Note: This post is full of spoilers for the films featured. Consider this fair warning. Earlier this year I put together my list of Desert Island Discs, to save me having to go on Radio 4 and discuss them in person. You know me, I don’t like to leave my flat without good cause. This […]
Do You Wanna Build A Podcast?
A month ago my very fine friend Sam Sexton mentioned the pair of us starting work on a podcast together. Tonight we are recording our fifth episode and the feedback to it so far has been fantastic. Sam and I met several years ago through Danny and ended up forced into performing improvised comedy together. […]
Plead the sixth.
For the last six years I have dedicated myself, with mixed levels, to this blog. It’s been something of a journey I suppose. In the way that time has to be. More than anything, I started it to make sure I was flexing my writing muscles and making sure I get the key details down. […]
31.
As I sit crying, with a glass of wine and a cup of coffee, some Netflix original twittering away in the background, I realise that today is a day for reflection. I just picked out the photo album we recovered from my grandparents’ mass of books when clearing out after my grandma passed away. It […]
Social Media-free January.
It’s been an interesting month. I decided to delete the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram apps from my phone and log myself out of all three on my laptop. I have a strange and strained relationship with social media. I spend an awful lot of time on it and I always wonder why. A day after […]
Top 10 moments of 2017.
This year has been really interesting. With the absolute shambles that is 2017 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate my personal achievements and enjoyments of the year. I am excited to be heading into 2018 and for everything that it may involve. I’ve realised that releasing an album and […]
Start the presses.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me and my new book in the last week. It means an awful lot to me. I am pleased to announce that there were over a hundred downloads of I’ve Got Sol, as well as a number of physical purchases. I think […]
