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I expect you’ll both recall that I have been busily writing a book, and have been doing so for some time. I had, in fact, finished it, and the manuscript got well into Version 2.0, which is when my wonderful … Continue reading →

This is Miss Posy Fossil, she of the Chronicles of Pupperino, who is a little over 5 months old, and a cross between a loveable teddy bear and a waste disposal unit. A few nights ago, at around midnight, she … Continue reading →

As you both know, I am busily engaged writing my next book. I had actually written the entire manuscript, but in consultation with my agent I decided to take a different tack, and the project moved in a new (but … Continue reading →

Hello. My name is Miss Posy Fossil. I am a Golden Retriever. I was born under a wandering star / in a trunk in the Princess Theater in Pocatello Idaho on 2 December 2019. On 26 January I said goodbye to my mother, … Continue reading →

Sad to report the death of Professor Jenny Clack, FRS, after a long illness, on March 26th. Jenny was a leading palaeontologist who specialised in the earliest tetrapods (land vertebrates), and made many important and lasting contributions to her field … Continue reading →

There has been much fuss and brouhaha about a judicial decision to rule out the further expansion of Heathrow, the large aerodrome to the west of London. And quite right too. As you both know I work for the Submerged … Continue reading →

I know you’ll both be agog to learn that I have been enticed roped in corralled invited to take part in a festival called How The Light Gets In, which takes place in Hay-on-Wye between 22 and 25 May. This festival, which … Continue reading →

I am unlikely ever to be invited to be a guest on Desert Island Discs, the BBC’s long-running radiophonic emission, though I did take part in BBC Radio Norfolk’s version once. The pain of being overlooked, week after week, is … Continue reading →

Notwithstanding inasmuch as which we gained a new dog and lost another of long standing, although in later years mostly lying down, I have a further addition to report, in the shape and form of this adorable pupperino: An Adorable … Continue reading →

This year I only managed to read 18 books, which is pitiful given my reading record in earlier years, especially 2018. In mitigation I’d like to offer that for some of 2018 I had been immobilized by a broken ankle … Continue reading →