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I’ve written bits and pieces on BBC Radio 2, 4 and 5 comedy shows, worked in the script team for two series of Channel 4’s comedy-drama ‘Shameless’ and am currently working with The Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool as part of their script development programme. I am also a songwriter with songs on all major platforms.

Category: Christmas

  • A LITTLE WINDOW INTO A BRAND NEW CHRISTMAS

    Having just moved into my new home just over seven weeks ago and still tripping over boxes – though a lot less than there were – and putting up curtain rails and applying paint (badly) onto walls and making room for new and old furniture, the space available for Christmas decorations is at present somewhat…

  • FROM THIS SMALL ROOM TO A THRILLING,WAITING WORLD

    This coming Friday I will be moving out of the house that I have lived in since I was eight years old. The biggest part of my lifetime has been spent within these walls and I am the only one of my family still living here. It feels like the right time; I of course…

  • FROM FORGOTTEN BLOG POST TO THE THEATRE STAGE

    On December 14th 2020 I posted a blog – only my seventh blog at the time – ruminating that Jesus seems to have less and less exposure at Christmas. It was in large part inspired by a bulletin I wrote for a charity one mid-summer informing  all their shops that Christmas cards were being distributed…

  • THE DAYS I TURN PIMP TO SELL THE FAMILY HOME

    Today I feel dirty. With my house about to go onto the market today is the day the photographer comes around to take the shots that will go on the estate agents website for all to see. And they will see, for as soon as the For Sale board goes up the neighbours and strangers…

  • WHEN DID JESUS STOP GETTING INVITED TO HIS OWN PARTY?

    You know what it’s like when your birthday is coming up, part of you wants a fuss and a part of you wants to keep it quiet that you’re yet another year older. Well, up to maybe the age of 21 you want the fuss full-on, then with each year comes a decreasing willingness to…