The Robots of DesireMark Thwaite on The Book Depository blog contests an assertion made by Scott Pack that bookshops will drift away from the high street to supermarkets and the internet. I?m with Scott on this one, in the sense that I suspect the only …

Chris and Jen join South ParkWe’re joining South Park on the day Jen turns 40. Cartman: I’m not fat. I’m big-boned. Stan: No, Jay Leno’s chin is big-boned. You are a big, fat ass. I think I hear an echo of Jen telling me something. I mean, is the offic …

Around the time of the launch of 101 Ways to Make Poems Sell, we started recording videos to promote our books. I simply can’t remember even the simplest script. So Jen volunteered to provide the “idiot board” and after 43 takes, we pulled it off. Afte …

Frogs lose out at Salt (not)Quite how the frog got there we never discovered, but it had calcified into fact in a dark corner of Kirsty?s bedroom. In our time here, we?ve had mice running along the curtain rails; one got fried at the back of the oven a …