Here is a short story I wrote for Radio 4 to broadcast on Christmas Day.  It was read by the very excellent Adrian Scarborough, and, while ...

This baby orang-utan, in September Alr text: a red and black Conte stick drawing of a baby orang-utan.

These Brightonians, in April, Alt text: A pencil drawing of some people sitting at an outside table, and on a wall, on the beach in front of...

These hot Dads, in July Pencil sketch of two over-heated looking middle-aged men, with the caption 'Hot Dads in your area are looking fo...

 This baby, in September: Alt Text:  Rough pencil sketch of a baby, looking like a baby. 

This crafter, in July Alt Text: A coloured pencil sketch of a woman in rainbow dungarees, red and yellow hair and a bear-ears headband sorti...

 This woman, in May Alt Text: A red and black pencil sketch of another model from my life drawing class. 

This man, in March Alt Text: a red and black pencil sketch of a very big man in a very big coat with a very big bag… and the delicate mouth ...

 This actor, in June: Alt Text: Pencil drawing of the actor Peter Cushing, in character. I’m not sure which character, but it involves an ex...

 This West Ham supporter: Alt Text: Another sketch of a model from my life drawing class, with a small tattoo of the West Ham crossed hammer...

 This mock-up, in January: A quick mock-up, for the benefit of the printers, of roughly how one of the cards in my puzzle The Researcher’s F...

 This woman and her dog, in July: Alt Text: a pencil drawing of a woman eating at a pavement cafe, with her dog sitting beside her.

 These students, in October. Alt Text: Covert sketches of two students talking at the next table, in pencil. 

These camels, in February. Alt Text: Three rough sketches of camels, in felt tip, helped out with correcting fluid.  (Don’t even think about...

 This woman, in October. (Apologies for springing the nudity on you, if you dislike it, but it feels fairly mild.) Alt Text: A fairly finish...

 These gulls, in August Alt Text: Thumbnail sketches in red crayon of some juvenile gulls on the beach.

 This child, in December A very rough ballpoint-on-diary-page sketch of a small boy looking excited about something. But perhaps he just has...

This woman, in March. Alt text: rough ballpoint sketch of a woman in a big coat looking seemingly dejected, but who probably just has restin...

Now that I'm doing Substack properly it seems a little odd - somehow disloyal - to essentially be blogging regularly again after all th...

It would be a shame to let this ancient, creaky, spam-riddled throwback of a blog die off completely just because I'm experimenting with...

Do you happen to remember I said last year I was writing a murder mystery puzzle in the form of a box of postcards ? Well... I've writte...

  1) Order the fish in a restaurant on a Monday. It'll be three days old.  2) Base-jumping. He just doesn't see the appeal. 3) Cheat...

 Alt text: poire à la éléphant

Alt text: a nautical bear, in complacent mood. Alt text: the same bear, allowing the strain of command to get to her a little. Three thousan...

 There have been monster sightings in our neighbourhood lately, and I occasionally moonlight as a sort of monster-hunter’s sketch artist, ta...

Alt Text: Two dog walkers, walking two dogs. (It looks as if I've whimsically made it look like one of the dogs is interested in a b...

Alt Text. Two elephants, conferring.

Alt text. A lady peering round in a car window. She seems cross, but I think she's just checking to see if there's anything coming...

Alt text: A stegasaurus standing on its head. A commission.

Alt Text: In a word: Penguins.