Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

Paul Weller has been much in the news these last weeks, since he has a new record out. I've been enjoying his previous album, 22 Dreams,...

Actually, I like planes. Here's Alain de Botton, via Stuart Jeffries in this week's Guardian: "How we would admire planes if t...

After a while, he noticed that some people had gathered at the bow of the boat, pressing against the railings. They were pointing up, into t...

Fred (and my American editor) kindly drew my attention to this; it's mentioned in the comments to the previous post but worth linking to...

I've been waiting for the dust to settle for posting my thoughts on Eastercon, but if I keep waiting, we'll be here to Christmas. It...

Passed a wordage milestone on the new book, which is always good, and at last the thing's starting to feel that it has some momentum - I...

The new SFX is out, with a stunning holographic cover of the new Doctor Who. There's also a two-page feature on me (actually one page, p...