From 4pm yesterday 'till  5am today!    With Jamie Byng  his bag of books and a box of records we  drove to brighton and to the the recording studio - The Cave - of Nick Cave.  He's a friend of Jamie. Read more [...]

It's eighteen days before the first anniversary of Gil Scott-Heron's passing. In the picture below Jamie Byng and I are on stage discussing his life at A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron.  The night curated Read more [...]

In 24 hours I'll be hosting A tribute to Gil Scott Heron at Brighton Festival. Is there a message for Gil that you would like me to say from the stage?  This is an open request to everyone for your stories Read more [...]

The Emperor's Watchmaker is my one and only children’s book. It’s inspired by Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat.   Kapuscinski  transcribes interviews with the workers of Read more [...]

In 1999  Emma Mathewson of   Bloomsbury Children's Books and Daniella Bernadette a literary agent  from David Higham Associates  conspired to offer me the opportunity of writing a children’s book Read more [...]

Tonight I saw Black T-Shirt Collection at National Theatre.  It is  a brilliant  piece of work by poet playwright and performer Inua Ellams and now on tour.  I haven’t seen a poet's one person show Read more [...]