BBC Countryfile magazine

Today we've announced the identity of the top secret project I've been working on.

In October BBC Magazines will be launching BBC Countryfile magazine, based on the BBC One programme of the same name, with yours truly as Editor.

The Media Guardian did a great story on us here

It will be a practical, people-centric lifestyle mag covering all aspects of country life and green, sustainable living and I am very, very excited.

More news to come...

Help Jacob's Quest for Knowledge

My mate Dave's little boy Jacob is asking people to pop by his blog and tell him about where they live. So if you're reading this from a far-off land such as America, Romania or Skegness then pop over and leave a comment.

I'm editing a Chrimbo Doctor Who short story collection! Fa la la la la!

A wee bit of news. December 2007 will see the publication of the short-story collection 'Doctor Who - Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas' edited by me, Cavan Scott and my good friend and writing partner, Mark Wright. The hardback anthology will be published by here

More information as it comes.

Selling everything he owns...

Via that fantastic podcast HomeTown Tales I have heard about a chap from Pittsburg who is trying to sell everything he owns on ebay. It's not some buddist thing, he just wants to raise the readies to go driving all over the United States.

You can check out his blog here.

The entire kit and kaboodle is currently going for $6,000 A bargain considering all the gear that's available.

Although has anyone asked why he owns a Mannequin Head?

10 PLACES TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND WITH DODGY NAMES BEGINNING WITH 'B'!

The British Countryside is full of quaint and charming place-names. Some however seem only to have been named to give schoolboys something to snigger at...

1. Badgers Mount - Kent
2. Bell End near Lickey End - Worcestershire
3. Boggy Bottom - Hertfordshire
4. Booby Dingle - Herefordshire
5. Bottom Burn - Fife
6. Breasty Haw - Lake District
7. Brown Willy - Cornwall
8. Bummers Hill - East Hertfordshire
9. Butt Hatch - Essex
10. Butty Moss - Cheshire

I think you can get creams for some of those!

This was taken from THE WEEKLY COWPAT a new email newsletter offering a sideways look at the British Countryside. You can subscribe to it yourself by going to www.thecowpat.co.uk if you so desire...

How not to act by Nicholas Cage

Why did you do it Nicholas Cage? Why did you get involved in the Whicker Man remake?

Why? Why? WHY?

Did you lose the ability to act as soon as the cameras began rolling? If these clips are anything to go by that's the only logical conclusion.

You have to watch these! I never thought I'd see Nicholas Cage in a bear suit slugging a woman, but now I have. Remember these were supposed to be scary, not funny!



Step away from the bike!!!

Green Hypocrites?

I can't help agreeing with Mark Lynas in this article in The Guardian. If journalists and right-wing activists continue on this hypocrasy witch-hunt on high-profile figures willing to take an environmental stand then no-one will put their head over the parapet and make a stand.

Yes, we have to make a change. Yes, the more we do the better. But sometime activists have to be aware that campaigning has to be balanced with realism.