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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.

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  • OUTFIT

    In my hometown of Prescot in Merseyside on the 21st and 22nd of August it was the Serious Nonsense Festival which featured lots of great street performers and artists, many dressed in costumes, and a tremendous amount of effort and passion went into them all. The festival mirrored the three-day cultural carnival that used to…

  • WELCOME TO THE AMAZING WONDER OF BETTY’S SECRET GARDEN

    Deep in the heart of suburbia, in a small area of Warrington in north-west England, a secret garden of wonder lies out of sight. Down an avenue that looks like any other lives Betty Smith, who has lived quietly there for just over fifty years. Originally from Liverpool, Betty was married to Gordon who passed…

  • HOW THE BURDEN OF SORTING MEMORIES BECAME A VIDEO TRIBUTE

    In the last few months I have had the unenviable task of working through a huge pile of old family photographs and items that needed to be either kept or thrown away. Anyone who has ever been in this position knows how the responsibility can weigh heavily. This can be extra difficult when you are…

  • Daffodil Days #WordlessWednesday

    All photos by Paul Ariss. No AI used in production of any images.

  • A NOWHERE MAN SITTING IN MY NOWHERE HOME

    For those of you about to read this blog beware, I may not be who I say I am. I may not even exist. I only mention this because over the last couple of months, authorities in my country have yet to be convinced that my identity is genuine. In this world of identity theft…

  • THE DAY I DISCOVERED JAMES DEAN HAD BEEN STAYING IN MY SPARE ROOM

    For about 15 years a painting by Alice Dalton Brown hung on the wall in front of me in the small bedroom where I did all my writing. The painting is called Tomorrow Morning. It is a large print, 24” wide and 84” long,  and with a nice frame that was of course slightly larger…

  • Cross If You Dare To #WordlessWednesday

  • THE EMBARRASSED CONFESSIONS OF A HIGHLY IMPRACTICAL MAN

    I often wonder when gripped by one of my regular feelings of severe inadequacy whether there are two types of person in this world -those who can do DIY and those who can’t. I’ll take it further; is it possible that there are those who can do ‘stuff’ ,such as build a garden wall, fix…

  • 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…

  • SHEDDING OFF THE RURAL LIFE FOR THE HOMETOWN RETURN

    On the 31st October, I returned to my hometown after spending the previous four months – eighteen weeks in all, or 126 days if you prefer – living from my sisters spare room in northern Cumbria. This was not planned, or at least not for that long. I expected to be away for a couple…