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Guess this might be of interest, but if not - no worries. I've written a play called 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy', set in Middlesbrough in September 1974. Simon is a 15-year-old lad stuck on his gran's settee, suffering from some unspecified grottiness. Addicted to the Open University broadcasts on...

Cheap plug... I'm doing this at the Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe on Sunday night. It's a daft night of tales about my travels around sci-fi and cult TV conventions (Doctor Who, Star Wars, Blake's 7, The Prisoner, Robin of Sherwood... and more) but also lots of stories about growing up on...

Quick plug if anyone is at a loose end tonight... Viz founders Chris and Simon Donald are bringing Round 3 of their sibling rivalry game show 'Donald Trumps' to the Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe tonight. I was there for Rounds 1 & 2 as a punter and have somehow ended up being the referee tonight...

Thought this might jog a few nice memories... last year, I ended up writing a feature for the official Doctor Who Magazine about the exhibition that came to Boro Town Hall in 1973. Tracked down lots of local kids who went and had fond (and traumatic) memories and hit the jackpot when I found a...

I've seen a couple of nice comments about my old radio stuff here recently*, which has been really nice - cheers. So I thought I'd shamelessly plug this, if anyone is interested? I write a lot about weird 1970s childhood stuff these days, so I've put together a couple of online radio shows...

I think Rob posted this as part of the Local History Month promotions, but just in case... Teesside folklore and history-lover Gavin Parry and I have teamed up to make a little series of short films about the strange stories attached to the North York Moors. Thought it might interest a few...

While I'm here... thought this might be of interest. It's a fun little investigation I wrote up, looking at the folklore attached to Devil's Bridge - the little stone bridge that crosses the beck from the Acklam Hall estate to Saltersgill. I went there every weekend as a kid in the 70s, and was...