Nick Page

Any legislation, however good and right it is, will be misused at some time. The anti-terrorism act, however, seems to be setting new highs. Or lows. First we had it used to bar an elderly heckler from the labour party conference. Now BBC’s Broadcasting House programme is reporting on its use in places like Derbyshire, [...]

It’s half-term and I took the kids to see Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. What can I say? It’s utterly, utterly brilliant; a tribute to the care and vision of its creators. It’s packed with clever puns and references for the adults, while containing more than enough British silliness to captivate the [...]

News on the great Football League Fixtures Scandal (see below) is that after sending an email to the people ultimately responsible they’ve actually agreed to rescind the ‘no you can’t put the date anywhere’ decision and look the tone of the letters. So there you go. Hardly earth-shattering in the grand scheme of things but [...]

One of my favourite sites is Blind Stupid and Desperate — a site for fans of Watford FC, poor fools that we are. Normally, you’d expect it to have the fixtures up. But no, those fixtures are the copyright of the Football League, who have decreed, in their infinite wisdom, that no-one is allowed to [...]

I’m reading Island Nights’ Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson at the moment. Stevenson is fascinating — one of the great storytellers of the past two centuries — let’s face it, anyone who can create Jekyl/Hyde and Long John Silver has got to be good. I’m thinking a lot about storytelling at the moment, partly because [...]

Lots of stuff happening at the moment. Back from Le Pas Opton last week where the Readers and Writers’ week went really well. Fabulous weather, great conversation and a lot of laughs with Adrian and Bridget Plass, among others. Not to mention a new found passion for Hoegaarden beer. Meanwhile, amidst the mountain of work [...]