Apparently, I’m an Expert Now!

I was delighted to be invited to write a piece for the Irish publishing website writing.ie about how I approach satire.

It’s about where the ideas come from and why I’m forever asking “What if?”, and why the funniest material is often sitting right in front of us — in queues, overheard conversations, bureaucracy, stubborn opinions and all the strange little contradictions of everyday life.

I also talk about why satire works best, for me at least, when there’s something serious hiding underneath the ridiculous — whether that involves people queuing for no apparent reason, artificial intelligence giving up on humanity, or chickens deciding they could probably run the country better than we do.

And yes, I somehow managed to turn seeing a large chicken shed from a train into a writing technique.

Click to read the article.

Even More BBC Radio Time!

Click below to hear an extended interview I pre-recorded n BBC Berkshire and BBC Oxfordshire.  You even get to listen to 'Temptation' in the middle!  Thank you to Bridgitte Tetteh for her generosity with her time and some really interesting questions.

It starts at 2hrs 34m and ends at 2hrs 48m

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030mv7

More BBC Radio Time!

I had a studio interview about 'Absurd' on Bank Holiday Monday. Follow the link and scroll to 2hrs 40 mins to listen in!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030j8r

BBC Radio Time!

Wednesday 26th August 2026

I will be interviewed LIVE about my new book 'Absurd' and writing satire generally on BBC Radio Nottingham / Leicester / Derby on Deke Hardman's Evening Show. The show airs tonight (Wednesday 26th August) from 7 pm, and I'm due on at 7.08 pm

I will also be on Bridgitte Tetteh's show (pre-recorded) on BBC Oxford / Berkshire in the coming days. Again, details will be shared once confirmed.

Looking ahead to October, I also have an appearance lined up on Talk Radio Europe - a station based on the South Coast of Spain, mainly for expat Brits...

Society of Authors

Tuesday 25th August 2026

Earlier this week, I completed a written piece for the Society of Authors website on writing satire. You can read the piece on the blog.