Archive for June, 2008

Coming back to a piece after a lay-off is always a dodgy business. Either you start off full of optimism and end up giving mouth to mouth or you drag yourself reluctantly to the desk only to find the thing kicking into life as soon as you start reading.    This morning I finally got [...]


More radio

30Jun08

The dialogue with J at R4 continues about The Boy in the Room. The idea is getting stronger as we work it. Or at least that’s the way it feels.
T has just emailed me this from a Tim Winton radio interview.
But there are some days when you just can’t believe your luck and [...]


Lately I’ve found myself thinking a good deal about Peterborough where I grew up. My sexual awakening happened in Peterborough. I was 11 years old and it damn near killed me. Life teaches you things and one of the things it taught me was that as far as sexual awakenings go it’s a bad idea [...]