AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH. I’m back at work. It sucks. So, I figured, after a painstakingly slow, traffic rammed 2 hour journey in and a bit of breakfast combined with ‘a meeting’ that the first priority should be… 

Life is made up of lots of beautiful little moments. Sam was in the bathroom and, as he was finishing, having noticed there’s no flannel in there, he turned to me and said: “I’ll leave… 

Finished Murakami’s Wind Up Bird Chronicle in the bath this morning. There’s nothing quite like reading in the bath. And nothing quite like Murakami. He’s got me through the last 18 months. And, tho I… 

A day of new discoveries in York. Waterworld is more than a swimming pool. It’s a swimming pool with a wave machine, lots of slides, McCains microchips and a muddy swamp that doubles as a… 

Got in on rehearsals to Under the Whaleback today. Shame, really, in that they are almost there with the play. It would have been better to have seen earlier rehearsals when everyone was working things… 

I’ve just written the following for the HDM. But I like it. So I’ve posted it here. Still no cheque from you-know-who. I really am a struggling writer…. The ultimate in rest and relaxation: a… 

Look. It’s very late. And I have just finished work. But I’m supposed to be having a week off. Why oh why do I always end up reviewing when I’m off? Went to see Caitlin… 

We met Melvin Burgess at the weekend, at the premiere of the play of his book Bloodtide. We stared into his eyes. The man looks as mad as a hatter from every angle. “Ah, you’re… 

A man at the top of the street was walking his dogs when his mobile phone rang. The phone ringing, he looked down at his two slobbering beasts, stared at them and said “ssshhhhhhhh you… 

Lil, our only Peggy Ramsay to date, left Hull Truck yesterday. We can only hope her replacement is as encouraging of our work as the enthusiastic Cooperwoman was…