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Countryfile – Perfect Days Out
My new book has been announced – Countryfile Perfect Days Out is due to be published by BBC Books in May this year. Here’s the official blurb: Countryfile is one […]
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Countryfile: Great British Walks on sale now
“Look what we found in John Lewis,” my Dad’s email excitedly said this afternoon. Look indeed – it’s the first ever Countryfile Magazine book, available now from far more places […]
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Creature Feature
The first Doctor Who comic strip I ever read was Voyager by Steve Parkhouse which ran in issues 90 – 94 of Doctor Who Monthly in 1984. That story affected me […]
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Knowledge is power
The latest issue of BBC Knowledge is out now, my first as Acting Managing Editor, a post I have taken on a freelance basis for the next six months or […]
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Hello, I’m a cook book addict
A couple of months ago I returned home from work with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s new cook book ‘River Cottage Every Day’ tucked under my arm. It was for a review for […]
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Cav and Dave
I’ve been busy beavering away all over Christmas on an exciting new project (more on that later), so almost forgot to point out that the January issue of Countryfile Magazine, […]
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Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa out now!
My latest audio drama, Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa is on sale now, available from Big Finish Productions. Written with my long-suffering, er, I mean long-time partner Mark […]
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Christmas country customs
Christmas has come early with the latest issue of Countryfile Magazine, on sale today. The penultimate issue under my editorship, the December 2009 issue includes a feature by yours truly; […]
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Iris Wildthyme and The Claws of Santa
The trailer to my latest audio drama, co-written with Mark Wright, is online now. You can listen to it here. Here’s the blurb for the play: It’s going to be […]
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Prisoner of Peladon reviewed in Doctor Who Magazine issue 414
My latest audio play, Doctor Who – Companion Chronicles: The Prisoner of Peladon, co-written by Mark Wright is reviewed by Matt Michael in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. […]
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Mat Follas: You brits are ashamed of your food
My interview with BBC MasterChef 2009 champion Mat Follas is published today on www.bbccountryfile.com. In ‘You Brits are ashamed of your own food, says MasterChef champion’ Mat talks about life post-MasterChef, […]