Inspiring students for generations
I was reunited with my lovely A-level English Literature teacher this week. Back then she was (and to me always will be) Miss Gray. Now
March 26, 2026
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I was reunited with my lovely A-level English Literature teacher this week. Back then she was (and to me always will be) Miss Gray. Now
It’s time for the legendary Brockley Max festival, Fri 30 May – Sat 7 June! I’ll be performing alongside other local authors at these FREE spoken word events
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows. Winston Smith, Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell (1949) George
I recently saw the West End stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical sci-fi film, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
It was a riot hearing Suzi Ronson talking about her book, Me and Mr Jones: My Life with Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
I was thrilled to be interviewed by the disarming German film maker, Bernd Pick, at the Bowie World Fan Convention back in July. He had
I booked my ticket for the David Bowie World Fan Convention a year ago, seduced by photos from the previous year’s programme which I had
One of the questions I’m most frequently asked about Rockstar Ending is: ‘How the TV series is going?’ It’s no secret that the film and
The BBC has produced a series of six half-hour radio shows exploring the massive cultural influence of George Orwell and Franz Kafka. Presented by journalists
I could not tear myself away when this mini documentary came on the radio. I’ll be back: 40 years of The Terminator is a fast-paced
Why am I layered up like an extra from the cast of Blade Runner? Because on this cold, damp evening I was setting off for
I’m honoured to have been asked to join the judging panel for this year’s FREE TO ENTER Orwell Society Student Dystopian Fiction Competition. Loads of
THRILLED is an over-used word but I’m too excited to come up with a better one. This month, the dynamic Free@Last TV pitching team took
I NEVER DREAMED THIS WOULD HAPPEN when I donated a couple of my books to a raffle a year ago! I was simply trying to
Phillip Carter is a comedian who writes dark existentialist science fiction. He lives and works close to where I grew up in the North of England.
This has been my third year volunteering in our local community arts festival, the Brockley Max. One of my assignments was to support the three
Around this time last year, I was lucky enough to attend a Society of Authors talk given by the novelist Naomi Alderman. Several of her
When the TV series Dr Who first screened in the early 1960s, the props departments didn’t have the tools to make convincing monsters. This Dalek
Three of my favourite quotes have been featured in the That’s What She Said project run by Fabric Experiments in celebration of International Women’s Day. When
What a joyful evening visiting the Kusama / Louis Vuitton collaboration at London’s Harrods with my astute daughter, whose lightning reflexes secured our timed tickets.
Goldsmiths University has included Rockstar Ending on the reading for its Ethical Computing course. I did my postgraduate degree on the digital environment there in 2017. Those studies inspired me
My final author engagement of 2022 was an interview with the ‘Look Mum, No Hands!’ podcast. I didn’t intend to make Sarah Sharman and Daniel
It is almost three years since I took my first tentative steps to becoming a published author of near-future fiction. I’m still learning a lot.
On Tuesday this week, I asked a question to Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, after she gave the annual Orwell
October has already delivered another fun first in my author career. A local book club had read Rockstar Ending, the first novel in my dystopian
How do you see the future of the human race? I had to give that question some serious thought When Nathan Price (aka @GadgetNate) asked
Ever since I first heard David Bowie’s 1969 album Space Oddity, I have been haunted by Major Tom’s last words in the title track: ‘Tell
I’m just back from the trip of a lifetime to the far-flung Scottish Island of Jura, travelling in the footsteps of my inspiration, the great
On Saturday I was privileged to attend the premiere of a new TV documentary about the life of television and film pioneer Gerry Anderson. He
If you think an author’s life is all about being stuck in front of a screen, alone, you’re wrong. This month I went to the
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