I’m in a kind of a lull at the moment. The manuscript for Crikey is in getting edited. A couple ideas for new books are ‘in development.’ And I’m spending too much time wandering around the web stumbling upon portable shredders from Japan. The Crikey situation is a bit worrying. I haven’t heard a squeak [...]

I was wandering around the hidden corners of the Internet yesterday and came across this fabulous device from Japan – a portable shredder. The portable shredder is no bigger than a standard pair of scissors – mainly because it is a pair of scissors, albeit with a few more blades. It’s perfect for the backpacker [...]

Vagablond is a web-based magazine or blog about stylish travel, food, wine and shopping. Each day, they serve up the hippest hotels, the coolest eateries, the best wines and the hottest new products and places to be seen. And when they’re really scratching for something to write about they interview the likes of me. You’ll [...]

We took Daisy to London Zoo on Saturday. It was a sunny day and at 22 months old we figured she was old enough to enjoy it. She liked the penguins and the otters. But generally her interest was not so much in the animals but their waste products. At the petting zoo she was [...]

Back in October lat year I posted a story on this blog about an Aussie guy called Mike Shackleton who rode around Italy on a Vespa after reading Vroom with a View. One afternoon in Montefiascone he ran into a garbage truck and turned his PX into a taco. Mike was lucky and escaped with [...]

Good news for my American fans. My US publisher wants to bring out The Wrong Way Home and Swahili for the Broken-Hearted in the States next May. It’ll mean coming over to the West Coast for a couple of weeks to do some talks and shake some hands but I think I’ll be able to [...]