A letter to my girl for her third birthday, tomorrow

Hi Sweetie, This will have to be brief, as I hear you rattling around with your pretend doctor’s kit and pretty soon I will be subjected to various poking and prodding because it’s your new favourite toy. I know this is your favourite toy because now you declare LOUDLY whenever you like something that THIS…

Who’s narrating your life?

Of writing about his iconic book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak* recalls a moment from his childhood: the moment in the Wizard of Oz movie, where Dorothy is trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle, and that blood-red hourglass has just been turned over, clocking down her time left alive. Judy Garland’s acting, and…

Is this taking our love of Red Dwarf a bit too far??

Rimmer and Mr Flibble Keira It was a rainy day. We were bored. You should see Riley! Oh, wait, here you go! red dwarf