Hello you lot! I’m really sorry, but by mutual agreement, my radio 4 recordings are being re-scheduled to January due to various issues involving timing, scheduling, and current political events. Don’t worry I’m not ill or anything. Although I have got a repulsive insect bite on my leg that looks disgusting. Anyway, everyone who has […]

Good day to you!!! Sorry I haven’t written a newsletter for a while, I’ve been busy building my nuclear bunker. I know you’re all busy doing the same, so I’ll keep this a really short one. Non-work related news My roses have come out in the garden. They are glorious. I’m still growing my fringe […]

HAPPY 2017 SUBSCRIBERS! Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve not really felt like talking lately. I’ve been a bit busy – rocking back and forth in the airing cupboard muttering, sucking on a comfort blanket, and trying not to think about Trump’s sentence structure when he talked about Afghanistan during his Times interview, Brexit and […]

GREETINGS! NON-WORK RELATED HYPOCRISY The other day, as I walked from Great Portland Street to Oxford Circus tube, I nipped in through Miss Selfridge and Top Shop as a sort of short cut that isn’t really a short cut, to look at too expensive bags and too expensive sunglasses, when a very small man with […]

Dear everyone, This is just a quick newsletter to remind you all / plug the fact that I will be back in Edinburgh again as of this time next week. The show starts on the 5th August and half the dates are now sold out already, The Stand tell me the rest are close to […]

Hello !!! Goodness me!! Hasn’t a lot been going on? ! I’ve not really said anything about it all as I’m not entirely sure any of it was real. Whether it is or it isn’t, the one thing we do know is this.The EU referendum has exposed a divided nation not seen since the white […]

Dear everyone, Just a quick reminder that NEXT TUESDAY 24th MAY I’ll be recording my first DVD at Hoxton Hall, London. There’s a handful of tickets left, FREE, available via http://www.sroaudiences.com/application.asp?show_id=1718 If you use the codeword CODE you should get priority as a member of my mailing list / reader of my website / this […]

Hello Earthlings PERSONAL ANECDOTE Yesterday I realised that I’ve been combining the two very different stories of Puss in Boots and Dick Whittington together, for years.  My children, who are much younger than me, and who are cats, were completely flabbergasted and wouldn’t stop going on about it.  I defended myself by saying, “So?  At […]

Hello Subscribers I ate too many potatoes today and so this newsletter is going to be short and sweet. I hope this is ok. I can’t see properly and my wrists have gone all stiff with the starch. What happened was, a lovely friend made a lovely roast dinner and his roast potatoes are the […]

Hi everyone. Today (21st Feb) is the last chance to vote for me (OR ANYONE ELSE YOU LIKE) in the Chortle Awards. Here’s a recap from my last newsletter – please vote!!! CHORTLE AWARD FOR BOOK FOR HER THE BOOK – PUBLIC VOTE Old Chortle, the comedy website, have nominated my book in the book […]