The new offering from @thefence.bsky.social pictured here on the Friday evening ‘what will the kids eat’ dash to Maccas. (The chicken selects are mine.)

A warm welcome to the new @thefence.bsky.social from Ziggy and I. A different kind of slow news.

If these had any sense they’d have called it Haslam Common.

Delighted to receive the latest edition of @thefence.bsky.social. Pictured seasonally with some freshly cut rhubarb.

Six years ago today this came out. My debut novel, Our Life in a Day. It got some lovely reviews, had a wonderful launch and the readers I met enjoyed it. I remain hugely proud of it.

Nothing says British Christmas like a bloke in a Santa costume being towed around an estate on a trailer in the driving rain. Organised by the Rotary club.

I’d get £30 for this if I ran Yellow Bittern.

Delighted to see this published yesterday. Untrended is the collected ideas about business and marketing from the clever souls at Publicis Pro (the agency wot I work at). I love print, so am thrilled to have managed this into being. Also includes a crossword.

Swear to God every ten years a new generation of people comes along to totally get the wrong end of the stick re American Psycho.

#NowPlaying

Getting started on what I am confident will be my non fiction book of the year. A combination of John Preston, Watford FC, and pop culture can’t miss really.

What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 16?

What the fuck kind of word is sortation?