Hi Sitcom Trials fans, A quick note to remind you that the Sitcom Trials begins its run at the Leicester Square Theatre on Monday Oct 19th, ...

How do you argue with someone who knows and admits they're wrong? Frustrating but brilliant article by Charlie Brooker in today's gu...

New from the Socks, a song called Films Are Dead Good. Well, I say new. This was, in fact, the very first thing I wrote for The SFSPT Goes T...

Most novelists (writers of comics without pictures) start as amateurs, and most first novels (and many subsequent ones) are written on spec,...

I just finished some comic strip pages and experienced a feeling I'd forgotten about, a real tangible sensation of job satisfaction. It...

I don't get asked to speak at many conferences, so I was delighted to be asked to talk yesterday at the Wiltshire Schools Boys Writing C...

Last night (Monday) I had the pleasure of appearing (in the guise of the Socks) at a comedy gig, launching the revamped Colston Hall in Bris...