Writing Clips

Tenerife’s first sitcom writers?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Life is pretty exciting at the moment. Sometimes it can be a plain bore, a never ending succession of menial features to write, facts to check, chores to avoid and kid’s toys to mend. At the moment though, it’s EXCITING. Sorry, I shouted.
I’m currently awaiting the verdict on a sitcom that I’ve co-written with a […]

Up the jungle with a Sandinista

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Published in The Guardian, Oct, 2006
“You can swim here if you like,” said Yaró flopping into the waist-high water and hauling our boat onto a sandbank. From deep within my memory, bells were ringing about tiny jungle parasites that find no greater pleasure than swimming straight up your plumbing and co-habiting your vital organs. Plus, there […]

A Dirty Week in Spain

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

“Guiri!” the man shouted before turning a cannon and engulfing me in a cloud of white powder. I had been betrayed not by a pallid English complexion – all faces were equally blanched today – but by khaki shorts and t-shirt. Guiris (foreigners) were singled out for a particularly heavy artillery onslaught.
Celebrations are often outlandish […]

Leaving La Vida Loca - Ibiza

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

“Ibiza,” I suggested, idly flicking through a travel brochure at breakfast one morning.
“You’re not 18 now,” reminded Joy, my wife.
“It’s not just for ravers anymore,” I countered. “It’s for people like us – cool, calm and sophisticated.”
“Your sleeve’s in your Cocoa Puffs,” she said. I could see she was unconvinced.
It’s true that for the past […]

Adrenaline-lovers of the Arctic Circle

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Sometimes it’s not enough to let off steam after a week of 9 to 5’s playing a little Sunday football or walking to the pub and back. Every now and then you need to flex that bit further, push yourself to the limits and return to work knackered but with an immense sense of self-satisfaction.
Several […]