Somebody Told Me…

25 Jan 24 


I have a brand new book coming out – all thanks to some VERY strange emails I found from a man I’d never met…

Those emails put some very unusual ideas in my head – and made me question my own behaviour.

Before leading me down a rabbit hole of conspiracies, spies, grifters and trolls…

It’s called SOMEBODY TOLD ME and it’s about how strange and weird the world has become in the past few years.

I met some amazing people along the way – from the man who spent 15 years convinced I was his sworn enemy to the guy who thinks something untoward is definitely happening… in Ipswich.

It’s out for pre-order today – including an option for Signed Copies, if you’d like me to scrawl in it…

Or, if you pre-order from Amazon, they’ll guarantee you only pay the lowest price it’s on for before it comes out.

I very much hope you like it.

More news on some other big projects soon…

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SSSH. New Secret Project.

27 Jan 21 


During lockdown and the world of Corona, I’ve been writing a bunch of stuff.

Things about this, and things about that.

Kind of a mix of my ShortList column, with elements of Yes Man and a touch of the novels. And also a little of the clubs/collectives I’ve started over the years…

And I want you to be involved.

It’s going to be BIG and FUN and packed with stuff. In a way I haven’t done things before. And it would be great if you were part of it!

THE TIME IS COMING. All will be revealed.

Sign up to the mailing list above and I’ll let you know when it’s starting. But it’s starting soon.

I will call on you. You must assemble. Over and out.

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Can You Imagine?!

 


Okay, so before I start my next book for grown-ups (as if you’re a grown-up!), I have another book for kids coming in March, and it’s my FAVOURITE.

It’s called THE DAY THE SCREENS WENT BLANK – because, can you imagine? It’s almost like a comedy horror for kids! And for parents.

If you can’t guess, it’s the story of all the screens in the world going blank at once… and how one little girl sets out to save the grandma she can no longer call (who remembers numbers any more?).

If you like the sound, please do pre-order. It really helps. I swear: if you don’t like it, I’ll eat a banana.

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Honestly, I’m podcast loopy!

08 Aug 18 


Well, I’ve been popping up on various people’s podcasts recently, talking about all sorts of things…

I’ll be on Jameela Jamil‘s iWeigh in the next week or three.

You can catch me on Ricky Gervais‘s Deadly Sirius show here

Or on James O’Brien‘s Unfiltered here

Or on Lifehacker‘s Upgrade here

Or Sofie Hagen‘s Made of Human podcast, recorded at the Soho Theatre, here

Or on Brian Cox and Robin Ince‘s Infinite Monkey Cage, recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre, here

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F*** You Very Much – the Podcast!

23 May 18 


Ahead of the paperback release of F*** You Very Much on May 31st, please accept this series of podcasts with my compliments.

You don’t have to have read the book to get something out of them, but in the show, Marc Haynes and I attempt to dissect exactly why we’re all so bloody rude all of a sudden.

We’ve got guests. Callers. Emails. Science. And stories of ridiculous rudeness from our own lives.

Please do have a listen and subscribe if you like it… you can get it wherever you normally get your podcasts, or right here.

Hope you like it!

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Books and Vital Broadcasts

24 Jan 18 


Yes. Vital broadcasts! I’m back on Radio X on Sundays between 11am and 1pm, playing records and setting ground rules for your life which I expect to be obeyed at all times. Sort of. You can download the podcast on iTunes if you can’t catch it live…

F You Very Much is about to come out in the States, so if that’s what brought you here, welcome. Now leave a nice review and tell all your pals, okay?

The proper paperback edition comes out here in the UK in June, and I’m just letting you know nice and early – we’re changing the title. It was always supposed to be called F*** You Very Much (it’s about rudeness, see) but we felt that title might make it difficult for The One Show and so on to talk about it. Now, though? F*** the One Show. The book needs its proper title.

And now I must stop using bad language, because Hamish and the Baby Boom! comes out in March. It’s definitely the silliest and maybe the funniest of the series, although that is not for me to say, and yet I’m saying it anyway. I do hope you’ll consider a copy for your tiny sidekicks.

The podcast I promised last year is ready and waiting to go. Has been for a while. But we have to wait for the platform it’s on to launch properly. That was a weird sentence to write. Anyway, it’ll be with you soon…

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